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The Cumberland 
Blue Book 

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A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION OF 
LOWER CUMBERLAND COUNTY 

AND 

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL CHAPTER 
DIRECTORY and TWENTY- FIVE REPRESEN- 
TATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS OF CAMP HILL 
AND VICINITY 



J. R. SCHWARZ. Publisher 
CAMP HILL, PA. 

J. ZEAMER. Historian 



Address all communications to J. R. Sc/iix:arz 
P. O. Box 24, Camp Hill, Pa. 



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Copyrighted, January, 1908 

BY 

J. R. SCHWARZ 



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J. Horace McFarland Company 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 



PREFACE 

THE historical importance of Camp Hill and vicinity, and its astonishing strides of 
progress and achievement in recent years, has for some time past caused consider- 
able comment. Situated in the picturesque Cumberland Valley, three and one-half 
miles west of Harrisburg, this ideal suburban town offers to its residents all the conveniences 
and freedom of modern city life. Facilities are many and the atmosphere healthy at all 
times. Artistic architecture adorns the home, and granolithic pavements throughout the 
town greatly add to its attractive appearance. The luxuries of rural life are numerous 
and the pleasing aspect of the town attracts many an anxious home-seeker to settle within 
its beautiful environments. 

A treatise on this subject in the preface would be inappropriate, as a complete illustrated 
history of Camp Hill and vicinity is one of the noteworthy features of the book. 

Having, therefore, many interesting events in connection with its history, this subject 
may justly claim a conspicuous place in the literar\- field, where interested readers can famil- 
iarize themselves with some of the important facts, of universal interest, which alone mark 
this place as a historical spot of lasting prominence. 

The history was specially compiled by Jeremiah Zeamer, of Carlisle, Pa., a historian 
and genealogist of wide-spread reputation, and the recognized authority on all Cumberland 
county history. Through the efforts of this man, a history of the most interesting character, 
which has never before been published, now offers to its readers an opportunity of informing 
themselves in a period replete with thrilling events, that have elapsed since the time of the 
early Indian settler. Probably the most interesting episode narrated is the treatise on the 
Civil War period, when Camp Hill justly achieved the universal distinction of becoming 
the "High-Water Mark" of the RebeUion. This fact is authenticated by Mr. Zeamer, as 
well as by other historians of national reputation, and is undoubtedly one of the renowned 
historical marks of the Civil War. 

Dr. W. B. Bigler, of Dallastown, Pa., a resident and school teacher in this vicinity 
many years ago, furnished some valuable information regarding the schools of Camp Hill 
and Eberly's Mills, and is therefore well worthy of mention in the preface of this book. 

In order to present to the public a more complete book than a history itself, a compendium 
of information relative to Camp Hill, New Cumberland, Lemoyne, Wormleysburg, West 
Fairview, Enola and Marysville, has been appended, containing many valuable references, 
very useful and necessary, especially to business establishments and strangers. 

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4 PREFACE 

Attractive in appearance, instructive in character, and maintaining a novel arrange- 
ment throughout, the Cumberland Blue Book offers to its readers a rare publication, of 
useful information and permanent value. Historical societies, especially, should not fail 
to secure a copv of this book, as many of the most important events of the Revolutionary 
and Civil War periods are herein related and illustrated, and appear for the first time in 
print, being nowhere systematically recorded in either history or tradition. 

Copies of this book can be secured at all first-class book stores in Harrisburg, Steelton, 
and Carlisle, Pa., and at the leading general stores in all intermediate towns in Cumber- 
land Countv; also at the Cumberland News, Lemoyne, Pa., or by addressing J. R. Schwarz, 
P. O. Bo.\ 24, Camp Hill, Pa. 

N. B. — This book is copyrighted by the publisher, who reserves all rights of publi- 
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CHAPTER I 

TABLE OF REFERENCE 

Directory of Camp Hill and Vicinity, and 
Representative Illustrations 

The following table designates all the stops made by cars of the \'alley Traction Com- 
pany, between Harrisburg and Shiremanstown, and will materially aid the reader when 
referring to directory of Camp Hill and yicinity. A complete schedule of all the cars operated 
by this company is giyen further on in the book. 

ISIarket Square, Harrisburg, is the terminus of the line, from which point all cars leaye. 

INTERMEDIATE STOPS 

I St. — West end of Walnut street bridge, transfer point for Wormle\sburg, West Fair- 
yiew, Enola, Marysville, New Cumberland, Lemoyne, White Hill, Camp Hill, Shiremans- 
town, Mechanicsburg, Trindle Spring. Dillsburg, Churchtown, Boiling Springs and Carlisle. 

2nd. — ISIarket street bridge. 

3rd. — Rossmoyne street, LemoMie. 

4th. — Bowers ayenue. 



CAMP HILL STOPS 



5th. — State road. 

6th. — Dale ayenue. 

7th. — Washington ayenue. 

8th. — Lincoln ayenue. 

gth. — Cumberland street, 
loth. — ISIain street, 
nth. — Heyd street. 
12th. — Church street. 
T^th. — Cemetery lane. 



i4Lh. — Hamilton Place. 
15th. — Myers ayenue. 
i6th. — Bowman ayenue. 
17th. — Lime Kiln road. 
1 8th.— Oyster Point. 
19th. — Oyster Point ayenue 
20th. — Trindle road. 
2 1 St. — Earlin2[ton. 



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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RESIDENTS 

OF 

CAMP HILL: WASHINGTON HEIGHTS 
BELVIOR PARK, AND EARLINGTON 

A 

Adams, Mrs. Hanna Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Adams, Miss Althea Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Albright, Wm. (Rep. Amer. Book Co.)...N. E. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Albright, Mrs. Emma V N. E. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Albright, Miss Emma V N. E. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place 

Albright, Wm. B N. E. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Antony, T. G. (Carpenter) State Road. 

Antony, Mrs. M. F State Road. 

Antony, Miss Louise State Road. 

Asseln, Emil (Civil Engineer) Market St., near Lincoln Ave. 

Asseln, Mrs. Emil Market St., near Lincoln Ave. 

Attick, Miles (Clerk) Oyster Point Ave., near Harvard Ave. 

Attick, Mrs. Miles Oyster Point Ave., near Harvard Ave. 

Attick, ^liss Nora Oyster Point Ave., near Harvard Ave. 

B 

Bair, D. L. (Carpenter) Main St. 

Bair, Mrs. L T Main St. 

Bair, H. E Main St. 

Baker, George M. (Laborer) State Road. 

Baker, Mrs. George M State Road. 

Baker, Miss Sue (Seamstress) Oyster Point Ave., near Logan St. 

Baxter, Miss Margaret Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Beatty, Edward (Carpenter) Myers Ave. 

Beatty, Mrs. Edward Myers Ave. 

Beck, George W. (Agent Fidelity Insurance 

Company, of New York) Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Beck, Mrs. George W Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Beidelman, G. A. (Carpenter) Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Beidelman, Mrs. G. A Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

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Bender, James G. (Bricklayer) Church St. 

Bender, Mrs. Sarah A Main St., near Market St. 

Bennett, W. E. (Clerk, Auditor-General's 

Department) Market St., between Hamilton Place and Myers Ave. 

Bennett, Mrs. W. E Market St., between Hamilton Place and Myers Ave. 

Bergstresser, E. R. (Ore Inspector) Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Bergstresser, Mrs. ]M. V Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Berkheimer, C. L. (Car Inspector, C. V. 

R. R.) State Road. 

Berkheimer, Mrs. J. E State Road. 

Bertner, Jefferson (Clerk, Auditor-General's 

Department) Hamilton Place, near Walnut St. 

Bertner, Mrs. Jefferson Hamilton Place, near Walnut St. 

Bertner, Miss Dora Hamilton Place, near Walnut St. 

Bigler, Ira E. (Clerk, Witman-Schwarz 

Co.) Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Bigler, Mrs. Mary .A. Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Bigler, Luther G Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Bishop, C. H. (Supt. Valley Traction Co.) . -N. W. Cor. Market St. and Washington Ave. 

Bishop, Mrs. C. H X. \\'. Cor. Market St. and Washington Ave. 

Bishop, Mrs. E. J N. W. Cor. Market St. and Washington Ave. 

Black, Clinton (Eager & ^laeyer) Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Black, Mrs. Mary F Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Black, Miss Edith D Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Black, Miss Frances INIarket St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Black, W. S., 2d (Printer) Washington .\ve. 

Black, Mrs. W. S., 2d Washington Ave. 

Boll, Chas. S. (Pres. Boll Bros. Mfg. Co.). Market St., near Heyd St. 

Boll, Mrs. Chas. S Market St., near Heyd St. 

Boone, Thos. F. (Boiler-maker) Church St. 

Boone, Mrs. Thos. F Church St. 

Booser, G. H. (Laborer) Market St., near Rupp Ave. 

Booser, Mrs.' G. H Market St., near Rupp Ave. 

Bosley, H. C. (Clerk) Park Ave., near Walnut St. 

Bosley, Mrs. H. C Park Ave., near Walnut St. 

Bowman, Addison M. (.\ttorney-at-Law). .Bowman Ave. 

Bowman, Christ L. (C. V. R. R. Transfer)Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Bowman, Mrs. Mary. E ^larket St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Bowman, Jno. A. (Trucker, P. R. R.) ...Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 
Bowman, Russel (Clerk, Enola) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 



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Bowman, Chas. T. (Car Insp., P. R. R.) . . .Market St., near Church St. 

Bowman, Mrs. L. A Market St., near Church St. 

Bowman, E. F. (Laborer) State Road. 

Bowman, Mrs. S. L State Road. 

Bowman, Harry F. (Brakeman) Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Bowman, Mrs. Harry F Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Bowman, Miss Cora Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Bowman, Miss Laura Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Bowman, H. N. (Justice of Peace, Camp 

Hill) N. W. Cor. Market St. and Bowman Ave. 

Bowman, Mrs. J. M N. W. Cor. Market St. and Bowman Ave. 

Bowman, Harry J N. W. Cor. Market St. and Bowman Ave. 

Bowman, Jesse L. (Elliott-Fisher Works) . Market St., near Myers Ave. 

Bowman, Mrs. H. L Market St., near Myers Ave. 

Boyer, W. H. (Central Iron and Steel 

Works) Dale Ave. 

Boyer, Mrs. W. H Dale Ave. 

Brenneman, C. R. (Fireman, C. V. R. R.). -Main St. 

Brenneman, Mrs. R. M Main St. 

Bretz, Mrs. Catherine ISIarket St., near Dale Ave. 

Bretz, Miss Grace Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Bretz, Miss Anna Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Bretz, Miss Edna Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Bretz, Wm. (Opperman Greenhouses) .. .Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Bretz, Mrs. Elizabeth Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Bretz, Jas. (Hauling) Church St. 

Bretz, Mrs. Jas Church St. 

Bricker, Peter (C. V. R. R. Engine House, 

White Hill) Main St. 

Bricker, Mrs. Peter Main St. 

Bricker, Miss Clara Main St. 

Bricker, Miss Genevieve Main St. 

Bricker, David Main St. 

Brinton, Geo. W. (Car Insp., P. R. R.) Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Brinton, Mrs. Geo. W Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Brinton, Martin Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Brinton, Mrs. Martin Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 



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Brinton, Martin A. (Real Estate) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Brinton, Mrs. Martin A Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Brown, J. H. (Laborer) State Road. 

Brown, Mrs. J. H State Road. 

Brown, Miss E. B State Road. 

Brown, Jos. W. (Carpenter) State Road. 

Brown, Mrs. Jos. W State Road. 

Bucher, Daniel (Pattern-maker) Heyd St. 

Bucher, ]Mrs. Daniel Heyd St. 

Bucher, J. Russell Heyd St. 

c 

Campbell (Slater) State Road. 

Campbell, Mrs State Road. 

Cleckner, Frederick (Cleckner & Burke) ..S. W. Cor. Market St. and Rupp Ave. 

Cleckner, Mrs. Frederick S. W. Cor. Market St. and Rupp Ave. 

Cleckner, Miss Katherine S. W. Cor. Market St. and Rupp Ave. 

Cleckner, F. F. (Traveling Theatrical Mgr.)Park Ave., near Walnut St. 

Cleckner, Mrs. S. W Park Ave., near Walnut St. 

Cleckner, Miss Marion Park Ave., near Walnut St. 

Cline, F. W. (Barber Asphalt Paving Co.). Main St. 

Cline, Mrs. Sarah A Main St 

Cocklin, W. R. (Salesman) Main St. 

Cocklin, Mrs. W. R Main St. 

Conrad, Miss Sarah Jane Trindle Road, above Oyster Point A\e. 

Cook, Geo. (With L. W. Cook) Myers Ave. 

Cook, Mrs. Geo Myers Ave. 

Cooper, E. N. (Pres. Foundry and Machine 

Works) ^Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Cooper, Mrs. A. B Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Cooper, Draper Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Cooper, Edward, Jr Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Cooper, Frank (Draftsman, Penna. Steel 

Co.) Market St., between Plamilton Place and Myers Ave. 

Cooper, Miss Sarah Market St., between Hamilton Place and Myers Ave. 

Coover, S. R S. E. Cor. Market St. and Rupp Ave. 

Coover, S. W S. W. Cor. Market and Heyd Sts. 

Coulson, J. W. (Motorman) Indiana and Park Aves. 

Coulson, Mrs. J. W Indiana and Park Aves. 




An ideal tront-porch view. Residence of Robert L. Myers, 
southeast corner Market Street and Myers Avenue 




Residence of J. Grant Schwarz, norttiwest corner Mari<et 
Street and Hamilton Place 



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Coulson, Miss Mabel Indiana and Park Aves. 

Coulson, Lloyd (Harrisburg Nail Works).. Indiana and Park Aves. 

Coulson, Harry Indiana and Park Aves. 

Crider, Emanuel (Tax Collector) Church St. 

Crider, Mrs. Emanuel Church St. 

Crider, Miss Anna Church St. 

Crider, John (Laborer) Church St. 

Crider, Wm. (Hbg. Boot and Shoe Mfg. 

Co Church St. 

Crider, Garry Church St. 

Criswell, Miss Emma Church St. 

Crowl, Geo. (Cent. Iron and Steel Works). State Road. 

Crowl, Mrs. Geo State Road. 

Crowl, Ralph State Road. 

Crowl, Geo. Jr State Road. 



D 



Dale, W. P N. W. Cor. Market and Cumberland Sts. 

Dale, Mrs. W. P N. W. Cor. Market and Cumberland Sts. 

Dale, Derbin N. W. Cor. Market and Cumberland Sts. 

Davis, Harry (Car Inspector, Enola) Dale Ave. 

Davis, Mrs. Harry Dale Ave. 

Davis, Jas. (Car Repairer, Enola) Market St., between State Road and Dale Ave. 

Davis, Mrs. C. M Market St., between State Road and Dale Ave. 

Davis, Russel (Car Repairer, Enola) . . . .Market St., between State Road and Dale Ave. 

Davis, Mrs. Russel ^Market St., between State Road and Dale Ave. 

Davis, Earl Market St., between State Road and Dale Ave. 

Davis, Ralph Market St., between State Road and Dale Ave. 

Dean, Miss Sarah Z Main St. 

Deen, Carl K. (Secretary-Treasurer, Wit- 

man-Schwarz Co.) S. W. Cor. Walnut St. and Hamilton Place. 

Defibaugh, Geo. (P. R. R. Transfer) ...Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 
DeHaven, W. A. (Book-keeper, Harrah & 

Chamberlain) Main St. 

De Haven, Mrs. P. M Main St. 

Deverter, Wm. A. (Carriage Builder) Church St. 

Deverter, Mrs. Wm. A Church St. 

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Deverter, Wm. (Mail Carrier, Enola) Church St. 

Douglas, I. E. (Chief Draftsman, State 

Department) Market St., 

Douglas, Mrs. I. E Market St., 

Drawbaugh, Wm. (Carpenter) Myers Ave. 

Drawbaugh, iVIrs. Wm Myers. Ave 

Drawbaugh, Daniel (Inventor) Cumberland 

Duey, Raymond (Gents' Furnishing) Market St., 

Duey, Mrs. Raymond Market St., 

Duey, Miss Margaret Market St., 

Duey, Jacob Market St., 



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between 



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between 
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Heyd and Church Sts. 
Heyd and Church Sts. 



Heyd and Church Sts. 
Heyd and Church Sts. 
Heyd and Church Sts. 
Heyd and Church Sts. 



E 

Eichelberger, Harry (Carpenter) Main St. 

Eichelberger, Mrs. Harry Main St. 

Eichelberger, J. Warren Main St. 

Eichelberger, Miss Sarah Main St. 

Eichelberger, Hart (Dairyman) Cumberland St. 

Eichelberger, Mrs. Hart Cumberland St. 

Eichelberger, Miss Alva Cumberland St. 

Eichelberger, John Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Eichelberger, Milton (Laborer) State Road. 

Eichelberger, ^Irs. Milton State Road. 

Eichelberger, Miss Hazel E State Road. 

Eichelberger, Warren D State Road. 

Eichelberger, ]vlrs. Susan Market St., between Heyd and Church St. 

Eichelberger, Miss Myrde B Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Eichelberger, W. P. (C.V.R.R. Eng. House)Church St. 

Eichelberger, Mrs. W. P Church St. 

Emig, Harry (Carpenter) Church St. 

Emig, ]Mrs. Harry Church St. 

Emig, Mrs. Hetty Church St. 

Ensign, G. W. (Asst. State Highway Com.) Market St., near Bowman Ave. 

Ensign, Mrs. Zerald T Market St., near Bowman Ave. 

Erb, C. L. (Engineer, C. V. R. R.) Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Erb, Mrs. Mary Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Erb, W. H. (Harrisburg Nail Works') Market St., near Dale Ave. 



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F 

Fink, Chas. (Civil Engineer) Market St., near Hamilton Place. 

Fink, Mrs. Mary Market St., near Hamilton Place. 

Fink, Miss Kathetine Market St., near Hamilton Place. 

Firestone, J. C. (Car Repairer) Washington Ave. 

Firestone, Mrs. J. C Washington Ave. 

Flenders, Harry L. (Rest, and Pool Room). Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Flenders, Mrs. H. L Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Floyd, Mrs. Minnie Main St. 

Floyd, Miss Ardell Main St. 

Fortney, Mrs. M ^Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Fortney, Miss Emma Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Free, Geo. W. (Agt. C.V.R.R., W^hite Hill). Cor. State Road and Cumberland St. 

Free, Mrs. Geo. W Cor. State Road and Cumberland St. 

Free, Geo. G Cor. State Road and Cumberland St. 

Free, Miss Catherine Cor. State Road and Cumberland St. 

Froelich, Albert F. (Cashier, Si.xth Street 

National Bank) N. W. Cor. Market St. and Dale Ave. 

Froelich, Mrs. :Marie P N. W. Cor. Market St. and Dale Ave. 

Frownfelter, H. S. (Laborer) Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Frownfelter, Mrs. C. L Market St., betw^een Heyd and Church Sts. 

Frownfelter, Mrs. Mary Church St. 

Fuller, F. C. (Superintendent, Harrisburg 

Pipe and Pipe Bending Works) Cor. State Road and Market St. 

Fuller, Mrs. F. C Cor. State Road and Market St. 

Fuller, Miss Alice F Cor. State Road and Market St. 

Fuller, Miss Ethel M Cor. State Road and Market St. 

G 

Gephart, John (Stone-mason) State Road. 

Gephart, Mrs. John State Road. 

Gephart, Miss Bertha State Road. 

Germeyer, Chas. H. (Plumber) Market St., near Hamilton Place. 

Germeyer, Mrs. Chas. H Market St., near Hamilton Place. 

Gilbert, W. Kent (Clerk, Witman-Schwarz 

Co.) Market St., near Hamilton Place. 

GEO. W, HOLTZMAN ='°3l5 m1rket°st''° Harrisburg, Pa, 




Residence of Harvard C. Zacharias, northeast corner Walnut 
Street and Park Avenue 




South-side view, showing novel courtyard. Residence ot Har- 
vard C. Zacharias, northeast corner Walnut St. and Park Ave. 

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'Gilbert, ]\Irs. W. Kent Market St., near Hamilton Place. 

•Gleim, N. P. (\'alley Traction Co.) N. E. Cor. Market St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Gleim, Mrs. N. P N. E. Cor. Market St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Glover, Beverly (Salesman) Park Ave., near Walnut St. 

Gochnauer, Geo. C Myers Ave. 

Gochnauer, Mrs. Geo. C Myers Ave. 

Gochnauer, Miss Carrie Myers Ave. 

Gochnauer, Miss Mary Myers Ave. 

Greene, S. A. (Sign-pjainter) Oyster Point Ave., near Logan St. extended. 

Green, Mrs. S. A Oyster Point Ave., near Logan St. extended. 

Grisehaber, Jos. (Paying Teller, Dauphin 

Deposit Bank) Myers Ave. 

Grisehaber, Mrs. Jos Myers Ave. 

Gross, S. (Motorman) Cumberland St. 

Gross, Mrs. S Cumberland St. 

H 

Haen, Adolph (Brakeman) State Road. 

Haen, Mrs. Ida ]M State Road. 

Haldeman, Robert R. (Grocer) ]Myers Ave. 

Haldeman, Mrs. R. R Myers Ave. 

Hall, Mrs. Humes I^Iain St. 

Halley, E. L. (Carpenter) Harvard Ave., near Oyster Point Ave. 

Halley, Mrs. E. L Harvard Ave., near Oyster Point Ave. 

Hardt, Chas. W. (Civil Engneer) S. W. Cor. Market St. and Myers Ave. 

Hardt, Mrs. C. W S. W. Cor. Market St. and Myers Ave. 

Harro, Frank J. (Contractor) Washington Ave. 

Harro, Mrs. F. J Washington Ave. 

Harro, Lester Washington Ave. 

Hartzler, Bishop H. B. (United Evangelical 

Church, Harr'sburg) Market St., above Dale Ave. 

Hartzler, Mrs. H. B Market St., above Dale Ave. 

Hawbecker, U. G. (Engineer) Cumberland St. 

Hawbecker, Mrs. U. G Cumberland St. 

Hawbecker, Robert G. (Operator) Cumberland St. 

Hawbecker, Linn Cumberland St. 

Hawbecker, Howard Cumberland St. 

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Hempt, C. A. (Farmer) Market St. and Trindle Road. 

Hempt, Miss Grace Market St. and Trindle Road. 

Hempt, Geo. L Market St. and Trindle Road. 

Hempt, J. Forest Market St. and Trindle Road. 

Hempt, Miss Marion E. Market St. and Trindle Road. 

Hemsher, D. M. (Car Repairer.) Oyster Point Ave. and Trindle Road. 

Hemsher, Mrs. D. M Oyster Point Ave. and Trindle Road. 

Hemsher, Harry E Oyster Point Ave. and Trindle Road. 

Hemsher, Miss Ruth R Oyster Point Ave. and Trindle Road. 

Hemsher, Chas. A Oyster Point Ave. and Trindle Road. 

Hendricks, Frank (Laborer) Main St. 

Hendricks. Mrs. Frank Main St. 

Hendricks, Miss Gertrude Main St. 

Hendricks, Miss Minnie Main St. 

Hendricks, Herbert Main St. 

Herman, M. P. (Machinist) S. W. Cor. Market St. and Oyster Point Ave. 

Herman, Mrs. M. P S. W. Cor. Market St. and Oyster Point Ave. 

Herman, Miss Edna A S. W. Cor. Market St. and Oyster Point Ave. 

Herman, Raymond Y S. W. Cor. Market St. and Oyster Point Ave. 

Herr, Anna A Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Heyd, Coover W. (Grain and Coal, White 

Hill) Market St.. near Heyd St. 

Heyd, Mrs. C. W Market St., near Heyd St. 

Heyd, Mrs. J. L S. W. Cor. Market and Heyd Sts. 

Hiner, Edward (Laborer) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Hiner, Mrs. Edward :Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Hinkle, Rev. H. C. (Pastor Methodist 

Church) Market St., near Church St. 

Hinkle, Mrs. H. C Market St., near Church St. 

Hocker, Daniel (Electrician) Bowman Ave. 

Hocker, John C. (Hbg. Burial Case Co.) .Bowman Ave. 

Hocker, Harry A. (Barber Asphalt Pavmg 

Co.) Bowman Ave. 

Hocker, Mrs. Bessie Bowman Ave. 

Holler, Daniel W. (Grocer, Farming Im- 
plements) Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Holler. Mrs. D. W Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 



W, C. BOWMAN ^^ZIrTnce^"""^ Lemoyne, Pa, 



26 THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 

Holler, Lester Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Holtz, Samuel A. (Insurance Agent) Dale Ave. 

Holtz, Mrs. S. A Dale Ave. 

Holtz, Miss Mabel Dale Ave. 

Holtzberger, W. (Boll Bros. Mfg. Co.) .. .Market St., between Bowman Ave. and Lime Kiln Road. 

Holtzberger, Mrs. E. L. Market St., between Bowman Ave. and Lime Kiln Road. 

Hopple, ]Mrs. Anne (Housekeeper) Church St. 

Horn, Mrs. M Main St. 

Humer, E. C. (Manager Restaurant, Dives, 

Pomeroy& Stewart, Harrisburg) S. W. Cor. Girard and Harvard Aves. 

Humer, Mrs. E. C S. W. Cor. Girard and Harvard Aves. 

Hutchison, J. B. (Car Inspector) Heyd St. 

Hutchison, Mrs. J. B Heyd St. 

Hutchison, J. W. (Business Manager, 

Star Independent) INIain St. 

Hutchison, Mrs. S. H Main St. 

Hutchison, Ross D Main St. 

Hutchison, Edgar Main St. 

I 

Ilgenfritz, Robert C. (Pa.xton Flour and 

Feed Co., Lemoyne) State Road. 

Ilgenfritz, Mrs. Robert C State Road. 

Ilgenfritz, Miss Mabel State Road. 

J 

Jackson, G. W. (Mgr. Oyster's Mills) ...N. E. Cor. Market St. and Bowman Ave. 

Jones, Wm. (Hickock Mfg. Co.) Market St., near Cumberland St. 

Jones, Henry (Hickock Mfg. Co.) Market St., near Cumberland St. 

Jones, Mrs. Wm Market St., near Cumberland St. 

Jones, Miss Mary ^Market St., near Cumberland St. 

Jones, Miss Emma Market St., near Cumberland St. 

Jones, Miss Anna Market St., near Cumberland St. 

K 

Kaney, Mrs. Kate State Road. 

Kantz, H. C. (Painter) State Road. 

Kantz, Mrs. E. F State Road. 

Kantz, Miss Katherine State Road. 



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7|| death is a true friend. When in need of 

^^ flowers to comfort the sick — in death to 

show respect to the dead — call at any 

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in a way that no other one can, and at prices 

within the reach of all. With many thanks to all 

my valued patrons, 

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One of the most beautiful sites for 
a home round about Harrisburg is on the 
high elevation that skirts the Harrisburg 
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Lemoyne and Camp Hill. For any infor- 
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Proiection ? Why Not ? 

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papers that you should protect from fire and burg- 
lary— YOU NEED A SAFE. And when the test 
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The safe of quality— THE HALL SAFE. 

All sizes. Reasonable prices. Old safes bought, or 
taken in exchange for new ones. 

Plans, specifications and estimates furnished 
upon application. 

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Post Office Box 24 CAMP HILL, PA. 



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THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 



Keffer, Harry (Salesman) 

Keffer, Mrs. Harry 

Kehr, Jacob 

Kehr, Mrs. Jacob 

Kehr, Geo. W. (J. Horace McFarland Co.). 

Keiser, Samuel E. (Salesman) 

Keiser, Mrs. Samuel E 

Kendall, W. F. (Pres. Kendall Optical Co.) 

Kendall, Mrs. W. F 

Kerper, Mrs. John F 

Kerper, Miss Katherine E 

Kerper, Robert 

Kilborn, J. W. (Auditor-General Dept.) . . 

Kilborn, Mrs. J. W 

Kimmel, Mrs. Amanda 

Kimmel, Miss Mary 

Kitzmiller, W. H. (Laborer) 

Kitzmiller, Mrs. W. H 

Koons, J. L. (Steelton Store Co.) 

Koons, Mrs. J. L 

Koons, Miss Mary K 

Koons, Elmer E 

Koser, Frank (Painter) 

Koser, Mrs. G. E 

Krieger, Michael (Farmer) 

Krieger, Mrs. Martha 

Krieger, Martin (Farmer) 

Krieger, Mrs. Olive G 

Krieger, John 

Krieger, Miss Martha 



Market St., near Cumberland St. 

Market St., near Cumberland St. 

Trindle Road, above Oyster Point Ave. 

Trindle Road, above Oyster Point Ave. 

Trindle Road, above Oyster Point Ave. 

Market St., near Cumberland St. 

Market St., near Cumberland St. 

N. E. Cor. Market and Heyd Sts. 

N. E. Cor. Market and Heyd Sts. 

Market St., opposite Lutheran Church. 

Market St., opposite Lutheran Church. 

Market St., opposite Lutheran Church. 

S. W. Cor. Kent St. and Hamilton Place. 

S. W. Cor. Kent St. and Hamilton Place. 

Church St. 

Church St. 

Church St. 

Church St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 

Market St. 



near Trindle Road. 

near Trindle Road. 

near Trindle Road. 

near Trindle Road. 

near Myers Ave. 

near Myers Ave. 

between Lincoln Ave. and Cumberland St. 

between Lincoln Ave. and Cumberland St. 

between Lincoln Ave. and Cumberland St. 

between Lincoln Ave. and Cumberland St. 

between Lincoln Ave. and Cumberland St. 

between Lincoln Ave. and Cumberland St. 



Lanclet, Chas. (Ensminger Lumber Co.) . .Trindle Road, above Oyster Point Ave. 

Lanclet, Mrs. Chas Trindle Road, above Oyster Point Ave. 

Lanclet, John Trindle Road, above Oyster Point Ave. 

Lanclet, Albert Trindle Road, above Oyster Point Ave. 

Lanclet, Miss Sarah Trindle Road, above Oyster Point Ave. 

Layson, John (Contractor) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Layson, Mrs. John Market St., between Church St. and Cemeter>' Lane. 



E. EGGERT H. B. WITMAN 



Ladies' and Gents' Clothes 

French Cleaned, Dyed 

and Pressed 



DEALER IN 



Main Office: 1248 MARKET ST. 
Branch Office: 813 N. THIRD ST. 
Works: 1245 MARKET ST. 

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Merchandise 



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Rossmoyne Street 

LEMOYNE, PA. 



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C. K. DEEN, Secy, and Treas. 

Compatip 

Establish e d 1886 ■ Incorporated 1900 

WHOLESALE GROCERS 

HARRISBURG. PA. 

Branch Houses : 
LEWISTOWN, PA. CARLISLE, PA. 



L. R. SPONG ^^iiori Quarries 

P. O. Box 585, HARRISBURG, PA. 

Manufacturers of Patent Process Fertilizer 
Lime, White Lime for Finishing, Hydrated 
Lime, Lump Lime, Building Stone, Crushed 
Stone, Fine and Coarse Screenings for Road 
Tapping, Concrete and Granolithic Work. 

PLANT NEAR LEMOYNE, CUMBERLAND CO., PA 



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Leather Goods 



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Good's "Pharmacy LASSO GUARDS 



(Established 1 8861 
A FULL LINE OF: 



Drugs : Patent Mediciiies 
Oils : Paints : Stationery 
Post Cards : Patterns 

NEW CUMBERLAND : PENNSYLVANIA 

(J. F. GOOD, Proprietor) 

S. G. SWEETSER, Prop. G. ROY SWEETSER, Manager 

Accommodations for Tourists 
Open "Day and Night 

Harrisburg Motor Car Co* 



Supplies and 'Repairing 




ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, Etc. : OILS AND GASOLINE 



PAT. JULY 9.1901 

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Adjusted to your 
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Garage: 110 South River Ave. t ^^^ ""' • 

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At Reasonable Rates— Promptly Done 



THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 31 



Layson, Mrs. Mary Market St. 



between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 



between Church St. and Cemetery Lane, 
between Heyd and Church Sts. 
between Heyd and Church Sts. 
between Bowman Ave. and Cemetery Lane, 
between Bowman Ave. and Cemetery Lane, 
between Bowman Ave. and Cemetery Lane. 
between Bowman Ave. and Cemetery Lane, 
between Bowman Ave. and Cemeter}' Lane. 



Layson, Miss Ina Market St. 

Lemer, Mrs. Milton Market St. 

Lemer, Milton, Jr Market St. 

Liesmenn, F. W. (Publisher) Market St. 

Liesmenn, Mrs. A. M Market St. 

Liesmenn, Miss Genevieve M Market St. 

Liesmenn, Miss Marie A Market St. 

Liesmenn, Miss Clara W ^larket St. 

Lohr, W. E. (Mgr. Hippodrome Theater) . .Bowman Ave. 
Lohr, Mrs. W. E Bowman Ave. 

M 

McCandless, Wm. (Hbg. F. & M. Wks.). .State Road. 

McCandless, ^Irs. Wm State Road. 

McConley, John (Carpenter) Cumberland St. 

McConley, Mrs. John Cumberland St. 

McConley, IMiss Sarah Cumberland St. 

McConley, Henry Cumberland St. 

McConley, Miss Retura Cumberland St. 

McCormick, M. F Market St., near Dale Ave. 

McCormick, Miss K Market St., near Dale Ave. 

McCormick, Miss M. Market St., near Dale Ave. 

McGlynn, Grant Market St. and State Road. 

McGlynn, Mrs. Grant Market St. and State Road. 

McGlynn, Miss Alice Market St. and State Road. 

McKillips, J. H. (Book-keeper) State Road. 

McKillips, ]Mrs. J. H State Road. 

McMuUen, W. H. (Car Repairer) Market St., near Dale Ave. 

McMullen, Mrs. W. H Market St., near Dale Ave. 

^McMullen, Miss Mary Market St., near Dale Ave. 

McMullen, Miss Ethel Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Major, John M Main St. 

Major, Mrs. John M :vlain St. 

Martin, J. E. (Car Inspector) Main St. 

Martin, Mrs. A. C Main St. 

Martin, Robert S. (Painter) Main St. 

C Sumner Brown 'tAGr^'wIS-uT^r'" Harrisburg, Pa, 



THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 53 

Martin, W. Dale Main St. 

Martin, Eugene Main St. 

Mater, John N. (Florist) Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Mater, Geo. B. (Postmaster, Camp Hill) ..Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Mater, Miss Elizabeth M Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Mater, Miss Kathryn V Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Meals, G. S. (Duck Farm, White Hill) Market St., near Dale .^ve. 

Metzgar, E. W. (Mgr. Duck Farm, White 

Hill) Church St. 

Metzgar, Mrs. E. W Church St. 

Metzgar, Miss Lucy Church St. 

Met/.gar, Joseph Church St. 

Middaugh, F. K. (Conductor, P. R. R.) ..Walnut St., extended, near Long St. 

Middaugh, Mrs. F. K Walnut St., extended, near Long St. 

Middaugh, Claude E. (Brakeman, P. R. R.)Walnut St., extended, near Long St. 

Middaugh, Miss Belle P Walnut St., extended, near Long St. 

Milhouse, J. W^ (Olmstead & Stamm) . . . .Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Milhouse, Mrs. Marion M Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Milhouse, ]Mrs. Augustus Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Miller, David (Fruit-grower) Walnut St., extended, between Dale and Washington Aves. 

Miller, Mrs. David Walnut St., extended, between Dale and Washington Aves. 

Miller, Miss Annie E Walnut St., extended, between Dale and Washington Aves. 

Miller, J. J. (Carpenter) Heyd St. 

Miller, Mrs. J. J Heyd St. 

Miller, Samuel (Brick-layer) Main St. 

Miller, Mrs. Samuel Main St. 

Moore, Miss Clara M Market St., near Park Ave. 

Moulton, Dr. A. B. (Assistant State Medi- 
cal Examiner) Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Moulton, Mrs. A. B Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Mumma, Ralph S. (Station-master, C. V. 

R. R.) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Mumma, Mrs. R. S Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane, 

Mumma, Samuel (Valley Traction Co.) ..Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Mumma, ]Mrs. Samuel Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Mumma, Milton (Elliott-Fisher Works) ..Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Mumma, John Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Musser, Harry S. (Baker) N. E. Cor. Market and Church Sts. 

Musser, Mrs. H. S N. E. Cor. Market and Church Sts. 

Musser, Mrs. M. J N. E. Cor. Market and Church Sts. 



DOGS AND FUTTITLS T^nv ^nlo 



OT EVEKY DESCniPTION 

PETS and PET STOCK SUPPLmS 




MAUGAN'S BIRD STORE 

HARRISBURQ, PA. 



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DWELLINGS 

LOTS and PLOTS of 5, 10, 

15 or 20 acres 

FARMS 

BUSINESS PLACES 



Hents Collected 

Tire Insurance Ipritten in Strong 

Companies 



M. A. BRINTON 

4S and 46 Union Trust 'Building 

HARRISBURQ, PA. 



BELL 
TELEPHONE 



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Rear of Store 



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Tianos : Organs COMPANY 

Music 



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THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 35 

Myers, Robert L. (Pres. C. V. Bank) S. E. Cor. Market St. and Myers Ave. 

Myers, Mrs. Robert L S. E. Cor. INIarket St. and Myers Ave. 

Myers, Miss Helen C S. E. Cor. Market St. and Myers Ave. 

Myers, Miss Alice B S. E. Cor. Market St. and Myers Ave. 

Myers, John E S. E. Cor. Alarket St. and Myers Ave. 

Myers, Robert L., Jr S. E. Cor. Market St. and Myers Ave. 

N 

Nailor, I. L. (Flour, Feed and Grain, Hbg.) S. E. Cor. Market St. and Rupp Ave. 

Nailor, Mrs. I. L S. E. Cor. Market St. and Rupp Ave. 

Naylor, G. L. (Salesman) Cor. Heyd St. and Walnut St., extended. 

Naylor, Mrs. G. L Cor. Heyd St. and Walnut St., extended. 

o 

Opperman, Miss Lina Market St., near Washington Ave. 

Opperman, Miss Johanna Market St., near Washington Ave. 

Opperman, T.J. (Florist) Market St., near Washington Ave. 

Opperman, Mrs. T. J Market St., near Washington Ave. 

Orr, John C. (Salesman) N. W. Cor. Oyster Point Ave. and Walnut St., extended. 

Orr, Mrs. John C N. W. Cor. Oyster Point Ave. and Walnut St., extended. 

Orr, W. T N. W. Cor. Oyster Point Ave. and Walnut St., extended. 

Orr, Miss Lulu G X. W. Cor. Oyster Point Ave. and Walnut St., extended. 

Ott, David (Lime Quarry, Camp Hill) ..Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Ott, Mrs. David Market St., betwreen Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Ott, Frank (Lime Quarry) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Ott, Miss Florence Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Ott, Miss Effie Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Ott, Miss iVlice Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Ott, Miss Elsie Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Oyster, G. H. (Foreman, Enola) Main St. 

Oyster, Mrs. G. H Main St. 

Oyster, Miss Margaret Main St. 

Oyster, Miss Esther Main St. 

Oyster, Daniel Main St. 



KURZENKNABE : PRINTER : HARRISBURG, PA. 



36 THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 

P 

Page, L. B. (With Page & Page) N. W. Cor. Logan St. and Hamilton Place 

Page, Mrs. L. B N. W. Cor. Logan St. and Hamilton Place 

Pardoe, Edward O. (State Lisurance Dept.)Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Pardoe, Mrs. Blanche Luper Market St., near Cemeten,' Lane. 

Parks, Landis (Hauling) Main St. 

Parks, Mrs. M. G Main St. 

Parks, Miss Ethel Main St. 

Parks, Miss Sylvan Main St. 

Peffer, T. B. (R. R. Mail Clerk) Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Peffer, Mrs. T. B Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Peffer, Geo. R Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Pound, W. R. W. (Stationer) Myers Ave. 

Pound, Mrs. W. R. W Myers Ave. 

Purple, H. R. (Auditor-General's Dept.) .S. E. Cor. Kent St. and Park Ave. 

Purple, Mrs. A. L S. E. Cor. Kent St. and Park Ave. 

Putt, Augustus (Engine Inspector) Main St. 

Putt, Mrs. Augustus Main St. 

Putt, Samuel (Laborer) Main St. ' 

Putt, Frank (Hbg. Boot and Shoe Mfg. Co.)Main St. 

Putt, Wm. (Pennsylvania Steel Co.) Main St. 

Putt, Miss Alva Main St. 

Putt, Miss Ellen Main St. 

Q 

Quigley, Chas. (Laborer) Church St. 

Quigley, Mrs. Chas Church St. 

R 

Raymond, C. N. (Postal Clerk) ^Lain St. 

Raymond, Mrs. C. N Main St. 

Raymond, Miss Marion G Main St. 

Reeser, S. P. (Penna. Steel Works) State Road. 

Reeser, Mrs. D. M State Road. 

National Tea & Coffee Co, ,?n'.°fourth''It. Harrisburg, Pa. 




Church of God, Church Street, opposite cemetery entrance 




Camp Hill cemetery — main entrance. Church Street 

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Reinoehl, Geo. S. (Chief Clerk, Bell Tele- 
phone Co.) Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Reinoehl, Mrs. G. S Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Reneker, John A. (Laborer) S. W. Cor. Market and Heyd Sts. 

Reneker, C. S. (Laborer) State Road. 

Reneker, Mrs. C. S State Road. 

Reneker, Miss Carrie State Road. 

Reneker, Miss Mabel State Road. 

Rensel, S. A. (Fireman) Yale Ave., near Oyster Point Ave. 

Rensel, Mrs. S. A Yale Ave., near Oyster Point Ave. 

Rice, G. A. (Trucker) N. E. Cor. Market St. and Washington Ave. 

Rice, Mrs. G. A N. E. Cor. Market St. and Washington Ave. 

Rife, S. J. (Machinist) Market St., near Washington Ave. 

Rife, Mrs. S. J ^Market St., near Washington Ave. 

Rishel, W. O. (Metropolitan Ins. Co.) N. W. Cor. Market St. and Lincoln Ave. 

Rishel, Mrs. W. O N. W. Cor. Market St. and Lincoln Ave. 

Rishel, Ira N. W. Cor. Market St. and Lincoln Ave. 

Rishel, Miss Frances N. W. Cor. Market St. and Lincoln Ave. 

Roland, W. L. (Salesman) Myers Ave. 

Roland, Mrs. W. L Myers Ave. 

Roumfort, A. L N. E. Cor. Market St. and Park Ave. 

Roumfort, Mrs. A. L N. E. Cor. Market St. and Park Ave. 

Rupp, Chas. W. (Farmer) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Rupp, Mrs. Chas. W Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Rupp, Miss Eliza Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

s 

Sadler, Miss Effie (Seamstress) Myers Ave. 

Sadler, George (Carpenter) Main St. 

Sadler, Mrs. George Main St. 

Sadler, Wm. (Pool, Cigars, etc.) Market St., near Church St. 

Sadler, Mrs. Wm Market St., near Church St. 

Sawyer, B. F. (Shoemaker) Church St. 

Sayford, Marion (Hbg. National Bank) ..S. W. Cor. Market and Cumberland Sts. 

Sayford, Mrs. Marion S. W. Cor. Market and Cumberland Sts. 

Sayford, Miss Marian S. W. Cor. Market and Cumberland Sts. 

J. K. PROBST ''^^^l^l'^tii^°°°- Lemoyne, Pa. 



THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 39 

SchwarZj J. Grant (Pres. Witman-Schwarz 

Co.) X. W. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Schwarz, Mrs. J. Grant X. W. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Schwarz, J. Robley (Publisher) X. W. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Schwarz, J. Grant, Jr. (Witman-Schwarz 

Co.) X. W. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Schwarz, Miss Helen D X. W. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Schwarz, Miss Belle W X. W. Cor. Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Schwarz, Miss Josephine G X. W. Cor. ^Market St. and Hamilton Place. 

Sechrist, C. C. (Grocer) ^Market St. and Lime Kiln Road. 

Sechrist, Mrs. C. C Market St. and Lime Kiln Road. 

Sechrist, Howard F Market St. and Lime Kiln Road. 

Senseman, Frank (C. V. R. R. Transfer) .Cumberland St. 

Senseman, Mrs. Frank Cumberland St. 

Sheaffer, Clyde Market St., near Myers Ave. 

Shettel, D. J. (Salesman) Trindle Road above Oyster Point Ave. 

Shields, Edward (Conductor) Washington Ave. 

Shields, Mrs. D. P Washington Ave. 

Shissler, Edward A. (Valley Traction Co.) Market St., near Main St. 

Shissler, Mrs. Edward A Market St., near Main St. 

Shull, J. J. (Car Inspector) X. E. Cor. Market St. and Dale Ave. 

Shull, Mrs. J.J N. E. Cor. Market St. and Dale Ave. 

Shull, Roscoe X. E. Cor. Market St. and Dale Ave. 

Sible, C. H. (United Ice and Coal Co.) .. .Oyster Point Ave., near Logan St. 

Sible, Mrs. C. H Oyster Point Ave., near Logan St. 

Smeltzer, Frank (City Star Laundrv) Market St., between Bowman Ave. and Lime Kiln Road- 

Smeltzer, Mrs. Frank IMarket St., between Bowman Ave. and Lime Kiln Road. 

Smeltzer, Miss Annie E Market St., between Bowman Ave. and Lime Kiln Road. 

Smith, Amos ISIarket St., near Church St. 

Smith, Miss Carrie E Market St., near Church St. 

Smith, Miss Grace ^Market St., near Church St. 

Smith, Clarence (P. R. R. Transfer) Church St. 

Smith, Mrs. Clarence Church St. 

Smith, David (Brakeman) Church St. 

Smith, Mrs. David Church St. 

Smith, George (Painter) Church St. 

Smith, Mrs. George Church St. 



W. H. SADLER °°^'^|'/r°ber shop^'' ^"' Camp Hill, Pa, 



Four Years of Steady Selling 

Of Houses, Lots and Farms in Camp Hill, New Cumberland, Elkwood, 
Lemoyne, Wormleysburg, Edgewater, West Fairview, and other nearby 
suburban points, has given me opportunities to secure many attractive proper- 
ties to sell at remarkably low prices. 

/ can show you where to invest your money so that a good profit can be 
realized from your investment each year. Every man or woman must make a 
start. If you have not done so, do it now^. 

Write, phone, or better still, see me personally. 

M. A. FOUGHT, Real Estate and Insurance 

217 North St. (Between Second and Green Sts.) HARRISBURG, PA. 



L. K. FRAZILR 



LILMOYNi:, PA. 



Dealer in all kinds of 

LUJ^'BT.n 



And Planing Mill Work 



Heating 
Sanitary 
Plumbing 



Force and Chain 
Pumps 

Terra Cotta Pipe 

Estimates Given 



Manufacturer of 
DOORS, SASH, FRAMES, 
MOLDINGS, SHUTTERS, BLINDS, | r y^ PALMER 

Rossmoyne Street 



and STAIRWAYS 

Estimates Furnished 




LEMOYNE, PA. 



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THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 41 

Smith, Richard (C.V.R.R. Engine House). Church St. 

Smith, Girton D. (Penna. Tel. Co.) Willow Ave. 

Smith, Mrs. Grace E Willow Ave. 

Smith, John (Painter) Church St. 

Smith, Mrs. John Church St. 

Smith, J. A Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Smith, Harry (Apprentice, Enola) Market St., between Church and Heyd Sts. 

Smith, Major Jos. C Market St., between Hamilton Place and Park Ave. 

Smith, Mrs. Jos. C Market St., between Hamilton Place and Park Ave. 

Smith, Robert (P. R. R. Freight Office) ..Market St., between Hamilton Place and Park Ave. 
Smith, W. H. (Street Com., Camp Hill). .Church St. 

Smith, Mrs. W. H Church St. 

Snyder, A. H. (Car Inspector) State Road. 

Snyder, Mrs. E. A State Road. 

Snyder, Miss Gertrude State Road. 

Spangler, A. R. (Engineer) State Road. 

Spangler, Mrs. A. R State Road. 

Spangler, David (C.V.R.R. Engine House) Main St. 

Spangler, Mrs. David Main St. 

Spangler, Miss Kathrine Main St. 

Spangler, Miss Zora Main St. 

Spangler, Harry (Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe 

Bending Works) Main St. 

Spangler, Mrs. Harry Main St. 

Spangler, N. P. (Penna. Steel Co.) Main St. 

Spangler, Mrs. N. P Main St. 

Spangler, Wm. (Car Repairer) Main St. 

Spangler, Mrs. M. E Main St. 

Spangler, Ralph Main St. 

Spangler, Miss Mary Main St. 

Spencer, Miss Martha Bowman Ave. 

Sponsler, George C. (Sign-painter) Main St. 

Sponsler, Mrs. M. B Main St. 

Sponsler, Curtis Main St. 

Stahl, J. W. (Swift & Co.) Bowman Ave. 

Stahl, Mrs. C. E Bowman Ave. 

Stahl, Samuel (P. R. R. Transfer) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

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Stahl, Mrs. Samuel Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Stahl, S. W. (P. & R. Engine House)... .Bowman Ave. 

Stahl, Mrs. A. R Bowman Ave. 

Stahl, Miss Hattie L Bowman Ave 

Steinmetz, G. M. (City Editor, Evening 

Telegraph) Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Steinmetz, Mrs. E. K Market St.. near Dale Ave. 

Stone, E. J Cumberland St. 

Stone, Mrs. E. J Cumberland St. 

Stone, Carl (Hbg. Boot and Shoe Mfg. Co.)Cumberland St. 

Stone, Miss Edith Cumberland St. 

Stone, Miss Susanna Cumberland St. 

Stonebraker, Harry (Auditor General's 

Dept.) Cumberland St. 

Stonebraker, Mrs. Harry Cumberland St. 

Stonebraker, Miss Margaret Cumberland St. 

Stouffer, E. M. (Conductor) Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Stouffer, Mrs. E. M Market St., near Dale Ave. 

Stouffer, Jacob Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Stouffer, Mrs. Jacob Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Stouffer, W. H. (Salesman) Cumberland St. 

Stouffer, Mrs. W. H Cumberland St. 

Strock, Airs. W. R Main St. 

Stuckey, Adam (Contractor) N. E. Cor. Oyster Point and Columbia .\ves. 

Stuckey, E. J N. E. Cor. Oyster Point and Columbia Aves. 

Stuckey, ]Mrs. Adam N. E. Cor. Oyster Point and Columbia Aves. 

Stuckey, Miss Blanche N. E. Cor. Oyster Point and Columbia Aves. 

Sutton, John (Blacksmith) Market St.. between Hevd and Church Sts. 

Sutton, Mrs. John Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Sutton, Elmer (Blacksmith) Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Sutton, Louis (Tel. Operator) Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Sutton, Lee Alarket St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Swallow, Dr. Silas C Market and Cumberland Sts. 

Swallow, Mrs. S. C Market and Cumberland Sts. 

Swartz, L. F. (Penna. Steel Co.) Yale Ave., near Girard 

Swartz, Mrs. L. F Yale Ave., near Girard 

Swartz, Harry (Laborer) State Road. 

Swartz, Mrs. Harrv State Road 



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Templin, W. C. (Salesman) Main St. 

Templin, Mrs. Mary E Main St. 

Templin, Wm Main St. 

Tripner, W. A. (General Merchandise) ... Market St., near Church St. 

Tripner, Mrs. M. F Market St., near Church St. 

Tripner, Ferdinand R Market St., near Church St. 

Tritt, J. M S. W. Cor. Market St. and Dale Ave. 

Tritt, Mrs. J. M S. W. Cor. Market St. and Dale Ave. 

Trestle, James (C. V. R. R., Lemoyne). . .State Road. 

Trestle, Mrs. James State Road. 

Trestle, Miss Alma State Read. 

Trestle, Boyd State Read 

Troub, Mrs. Matilda Market St., near Park Ave. 

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Vail, Mrs. Nettie (Seamstress) Myers Ave. 

Vandergrift, Wm. G. (Cen. Pa. Auto Co.). Oyster Point Ave., near Trindle Road. 

Vandergrift, Mrs. Wm. G Oyster Point Ave., near Trindle Road. 

Van Dyke, T. K. (Attorney-at-Law) Main St. 

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Walters, W. Frank (Supt. Holcombe Mfg. 

Co.) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Walters, Mrs. W. F Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Walters, W. P Market St., near Church St. 

Walters, Mrs. W. P Market St., near Church St. 

Watson, Harry (Laborer) Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Watson, Mrs. Harry Market St., between Heyd and Church Sts. 

Weirich, Miss ^Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Wilson, Ed. E. (R. R. Mail Clerk) Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, Mrs. Ed. E Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, Robert Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, J. E. (Cen. Iron and Steel Works) .Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

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Residence of H. N. Bowman, nothwest corner Market 
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West side view. Residence of Robert L. Myers, suutliea^t 
corner Market Street and Myers Avenue 

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Wilson, Airs. J. E Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, Miss Mary Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, Miss Zana Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, Aliss Bertha Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, Miss Frances Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, John (Cen. Iron and Steel Wks.) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wilson, Walter (Tel. Operator) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Winter, Amos (C. V. R. R. Transfer, 

Lemoyne) Dale Ave. 

Winter, Mrs. Amos Dale Ave. 

Winter, Geo. (Cen. Iron and Steel Wks.) . . .Dale Ave. 

Winter, Emerson (Brick-layer) Dale Ave. 

Winter, Miss Carrie Dale Ave. 

Winter, Miss Mabel Dale Ave. 

Winter, Bruce Dale Ave. 

Winters, Amos (Penna. Steel Works) Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Winters, Mrs. Amos Market St., near Lime Kiln Road. 

Wise, Miss Edith N. W. Cor. Market St. and Bowman Ave. 

Wolf, Isaac (Sexton Camp Hill Cemetery) . Church St. 

Wolf, Mrs. Isaac Church St. 

Wolf, Jacob (Trucker) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, Mrs. Jacob Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, Miss Catherine Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, John W. (P. R. R. Transfer) Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, Miss Irene Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, Miss Florence Market St., between Church St. and Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, Mrs. John Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, Chas. (Laborer) Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, William (Shetron's Wholesale) Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Wolf, Mrs. Wm Market St., near Cemetery Lane 

Wolf, Miss Mary Market St., near Cemetery Lane. 

Wrightstone, John (Carpenter) State Road. 

Wrightstone, Mrs. John State Road. 

Wrightstone, Elmer (Laborer) State Road. 

Wrightstone, Russell (Harrisburg Boot and 

Shoe Mfg Co.) State Road. 



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Enola and Marysville, for light, heat and power. Any one that is 
interested in electric current would do well to communicate with this 
Company. There are many advantages derived from having the electric 
current in your house. 

The Light for Convenience and Sanitary Purposes 

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All devices for heating and cooking by electricity can be obtained and 
at a reasonable price. You can use it for power for running any kind of 
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Yingst, F. W. (Anti-Dust Mfgr.) Market St., near Lincoln Ave. 

Yingst, Mrs. F. W Market St., near Lincoln Ave. 

Yingst, Robert M. (Postal Clerk) Market St., near Lincoln Ave 

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Zacharias, Harvard C. (Real Estate) N. E. Cor. Walnut St. and Park Ave. 

Zacharias, Mrs. H. C N. E. Cor. Walnut St. and Park Ave. 

Zimmerman, Elmer E. (Harrisburg Burial 

Case Co.) Main St. 

Zimmerman, Mrs. E. E Main St. 



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CHAPTER II 

GENERAL INFORMATION 

Situation and Facilities of Towns in Lower Cumberland County 

CAMP HILL 

Camp Hill is accessible by means of two railroads and a street railway. The Cumber- 
land Valley railroad, which has its station at White Hill is situated about a mile from the 
center of the town. All freight and all Adams express should be consigned to White Hill, 
Pa. The Philadelphia & Reading railroad, which also has its station at White Hill, is not 
more than three hundred yards distant from the C. V. R. R. station. All freight and United 
States express should likewise be shipped to White Hill, Pa. The most central means, how- 
ever, and the most convenient rovite, is the Valley Traction street railway, operating between 
Harrisburg and Carlisle, and running directly through the central part of the town, on the 
main street. The post-ofihce is situated at Camp Hill, Pa., where all mail should be addressed. 

NEW CUMBERLAND 

New Cumberland is accessible by means of one railroad and a street railway. Situated 
about three miles southwest of Harrisburg, on the Northern Central railroad, this growing 
suburban town offers to its residents all the conveniences of modern city living, health, 
freedom and pleasure. Many buildings are being erected, and numerous tracts of desirable 
land are at the disposal of the builder. The Northern Central railroad, coursing along the 
scenic Susquehanna river, has a station situated near the town's business section. Hence, 
all freight and express should be addressed to New Cumberland, Pa. Ship all express via 
Adams, as no other ships to the town. The post-ofifice is centrally located, and thus all mail 
should be addressed the same as express and freight. The most convenient means of reaching 
the town, however, is via the Valley Traction street railway, which runs through the central 
part of the town and has its terminus at Harrisburg. 

LEMOYNE 

Lemoyne is accessible by means of two railroads and a street railway. Situated two 
miles west of Harrisburg, this progressive suburb also enjo\'s all the conveniences of a city. 
It is conveniently located, and is an ideal residential town. Fine homes are prominent, 

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and improvements continually made. The Northern Central and Cumberland Valley rail- 
roads both have a station here, the same one being used by each railroad. All freight and 
express should, therefore, be addressed to Lemoyne, Pa. Ship all express via Adams, which 
is the onlv express route, and address all mail to the town. The Valley Traction street rail- 
way extends through several of the town's principal streets, and is consequently the central 
means of travel to near-by places. 

WORMLEYSBURG 

Wormle\'sburg is accessible b}- means of only a street railwa\'. Situated not more than a 
mile from Harrisburg, near the west end of the Walnut street bridge, this antique town is 
ra])idlv becoming an ideal residential suburb. Occupying a prominent site along the pic- 
turesque Susquehanna, and visible from the frontier of the Capital City, this place is par- 
ticularlv attractive from all adjacent points. The Northern Central railroad passes along 
the upper section of the town, but has no station there. No trains stop here and, consequently, 
no freight or express should be consigned to this point, but should be shipped to Lemoyne, 
which is Wormleysburg's shipping point. The Valley Traction street railway is the onl}- 
accessible road to the town, but as the general transfer point is very near, and as cars pass 
by everv fifteen minutes, great convenience is afforded to the traveler. Harrisburg, which 
is situated on the opposite bank of the Susquehanna, can be easily approached over the 
Walnut street bridge in a very short time, and on many occasions, is a very pleasant walk. 
All mail, however, should be addressed to Wormleysburg, Pa., as the town has its own post- 
office. 

WEST FAIRVIEW 

West Fairview is also accessible by means of only a street railway. Situated about three 
miles from Harrisburg, north of Wormleysburg, this attractive suburb enjoys all the modern 
•conveniences and occupies a commanding site on the western banks of the river. Fine homes 
throughout the town are conspicuous, and many ideal building sites are at the disposal of 
the purchaser. The Northern Central railroad winds its way along the outskirts of the town, 
but runs no passenger trains to or from this point. However, all freight and express is con- 
signed to West Fairview, as there is a freight station there. Adams Express is the only express 
route. All mail should be addressed to West Fairview, Pa., as the town has its own post-oflice. 
The street car is the onlv means of travel, but is very convenient and renders eflicient service 
at all times. 

ENOLA 

Enola, the great railroad town, is situated five miles from Harrisburg, north of West 
Fairview, and is widelv known on account of its immense railroad yards which the Pennsyl- 



54 THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 

vania railroad operates there. This place has been in existence for only a few years, but is 
growing rapidlv. Population is greatl\- increasing and continual building is extensive. Hun- 
dreds of workmen are employed here by the railroad company and traffic to and from the 
place is enormous. There is a freight depot here, but no passenger station, consequendy 
all freight and express is consigned to the town. Adams Express is the only express route. 
All mail should be addressed to Enola, Pa., as a post-office has recently been established. 
The onlv means of travel is the street car, which renders excellent service at all times, and 
ablv disposes of the heavy traffic. Cars run all night and thus offer a great convenience to 
many railroad employees. 

MARYSVILLE 

Situated eight miles from Harrisburg, on the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad 
and overlooking the Susquehanna river, this ideal town offers man}- comforts to its resi- 
dents, and is most conveniently located. A number of fine homes have been erected recently 
and the general appearance of the town greatly improved. The Pennsylvania railroad has 
a station here, which is situated on the ]Main Line, near the center of the town. All freight 
and express is consigned to Mar\-sville, Pa. Adams Express is the only express route. The 
town has its own post-office, and thus all mail should be addressed accordingly. The street 
car is one of the most convenient means of travel, to and from this town, also. 

Notice. — The latest official schedule of Valley Traction cars, to and from these towns^ 
is explicitly given on subsequent pages of this book. 

A Convenient Reference Valuable to Business Establishments, 

Visitors and Patrons 

THE VALLEY TRACTION COMPANY 
Office, Lemoyne, Pa. C. H. BiSHOP, Superintendent 

The following schedule was carefully compiled by officials of The Valley Traction Com- 
pany, and is the latest to be adopted, taking effect January, 1908. 

By referring to these pages, the reader can readily obtain all necessary definite infor- 
mation regarding the running of Valley Traction Company cars, and the routes traversed in 

connection therewith. 

SCHEDULE 

Cars marked "Carlisle" leave Market square, Harrisburg, for Camp Hill, Shiremans- 
town, Mechanicsburg, Trindle Spring, Churchtown, Boiling Springs and Carlisle every 
hour on the hour, from 5 A. M. until 11 P. M.; on Sunday, from 7 A. m. until 11 p. m. 



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Cars marked "INIechanicsburg" leave ]^Iarket Square, Harrisburg, for Camp Hill, 
Shiremanstown, Alechanicsburg and Trindle Spring, every hour, on the half-hour, from 
5.30 A. M. until 10.30 p. M. ; on Sunday, from 7.30 A. m. until 10.30 p. m. 

Cars marked "New Cumberland" leave Market Square, Harrisburg, for Lemoyne 
and New Cumberland every half-hour, 15 and 45 minutes after the hour, from 5.15 A. M. 
until 11.45 P. -M. ; on Sunday, from 7.15 A. m. until 11.45 ^- ^^• 

Cars marked "White Hill" leave Market Square, Harrisburg, for Lemoyne and White 
Hill every hour, 15 minutes after the hour, from 6.15 A. M. until 11. 15 P. M.; on Sunday, 
from 7.15 A. M. until 11. 15 p. M. 

Cars marked "Enola" leave Market Square, Harrisburg, for Wormlevsburg, West 
Fairview and Enola every hour, on the half-hour, from 5.30 A. M. until 11.30 P. M.; Sunday, 
same as week-days. 

After midnight, additional cars leave Harrislnirg for Enola every hour on the half-hour, 
from 12.30 A. M. until 4.30 A. m.; Sunday, same as week-days. 

Cars marked "Marysville" leave Market Square, Harrisburg, for Wormleysburg, West 
Fairview, Enola and Marysville, every hour, on the hour, from 5 A. m. until 11 p. m.; on Sunday 
from 6 A. M. until up. m. 

Cars marked "Shiremanstown" leave Market Square, Harrisburg, for Camp Hill and 
Shiremanstown at 5.15 p. m., 5.45 p. m., 6.15 p. m., and 11.30 p. m., only. 

Cars marked "Camp Hill" leave Market Square, Harrisburg, at 12 o'clock, midnight. 

Cars from Carlisle, marked "Harrisburg," leave Carlisle for Boiling Springs, Church- 
town, Trindle Spring, Mechanicsburg, Shiremanstown, Camp Hill and Harrisburg every 
hour, on the half-hour, from 4.30 A. M. until 10.30 p. M.; on Sunday, from 6.30 A. m. until 
10.30 p. M. 

Cars from ^Mechanicsburg, marked "Harrisburg," leave Mechanicsburg for Shiremans- 
town, Camp Hill, and Harrisburg every hour, on 10 minutes of the hour, from 5.50 A. m. 
until 10.50 p. M. ; on Sunday, from 7.50 a. m. until 10.50 p. m. 

A special car for workmen, marked "Harrisburg," leaves Shiremanstown for Harris- 
burg, at 5 A. M. every week-day. 

Cars from New Cumberland, marked " Harrisburg," leave New Cumberland for Lemoyne 
and Harrisburg every half-hour, 15 and 45 minutes after the hour, from 4.45 A. m. until 
1 1. 1 5 p. M.; on Sunday, from 6.45 A. m. until 11. 15 p. M. 

Cars from White Hill, marked " Harrisburg," leave White Hill for Lemoyne and Harris- 
burg every hour, on the half-hour, from 5.30 A. 11. until 10.30 p. m.; on Sunday, from 6.30 A. m. 
until 10.30 p. M. 

Cars from Enola, marked " Harrisburg," leave Enola for West Fairview, \Vormleysl:)urg 




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and Harrisburg every hour, on the half-hour, from 5.30 A. M. until 11.30 p. 11.; on Sunday, 
from 7.30 A. M. until 11.30 p. M. 

After midnight, additional cars leave Enola for Harrisljurg every hour, on the hour, 
from I A. M. until 4 a. m.; Sunday, same as week-days. 

Cars from ]Marysville, marked "Harrisburg," leave Marysville for Enola, West Fairview, 
Wormleysburg and Harrisburg every hour, on the hour, from 5 A. M. until 11 p. M.; on Sunday, 
from 7 A. M. until up. m. 

A special car from Shiremanstown, marked "Harrisburg," leaves Shiremanstown for 
Camp Hill and Harrisburg at 7 A. m., on Sunday only. 

Mechanicsburg and Carlisle cars leave Camp Hill for Harrisburg every half-hour, 10 
minutes after and 20 minutes before the hour, from 5.10 a. m. until 11.40 p. m. ; on Sunday, 
from 7.10 a. m. until 11.40 p. m. 

CARLISLE LOCAL 

Cars marked " Indian School" leave Cave Hill for Carlisle Square and the Indian School 

every half-hour, 15 and 45 minutes after the hour, from 6.15 a. m. until 10.45 P- ^'^■'■> o^ Sunday, 

from 7.15 A.M. until 10.45 ?• vi- 
cars marked "Cave Hill" leave the Indian School for Carlisle Square and Cave Hill 

every half-hour, 15 and 45 minutes after the hour, from 6.15 A. M. until 10.45 P- ^^-5 ^'^ Sunday, 

from 7.15 A. M. until 10.45 ^- ^^■ 



Notice. — The patrons of the Enola line and the citizens of Carlisle will very soon tiave 
at their disposal a tifteen-minute car service. Arrangements to this effect have been almost 
completed by ofJ&cials of the company. 



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CHAPTER III 

A History of Camp Hill and Vicinity From Time of the Earliest 
Settlements to the Present, and Illustrations 

WHEN the white man tirst arrived in the Cumberland Valley the Delaware and 
Shawanese Indians were its only inhabitants. These two tribes are the Indians 
chiefly mentioned in the early annals as the original possessors of the lower 
part of the valley, the part of which Camp Hill is now the geographical and 
commercial center. To them it was an attractive section and within a radius of less than 
two miles of the center of the town of Camp Hill they long had abiding places. It is known 
to a certainty that there was an Indian village at the mouth of the Conodoguinet, another 
on the well-known Walton farm, and another at the mouth of the Yellow Breeches, which 
at one time was known as Shawnee Creek. 

Originally the Shawanese were a tribe of southern Indians. Historians have traced their 
origin to Florida, where they were such undesirable citizens that they in 1697 were ordered 
out of the country. Being compelled to leave they came northward, some going to the Ohio 
and the rest coming to the Susquehanna. On promising to be good and well-behaved neighbors 
the Susquehanna Indians granted them permission to settle within their domains, and at 
their request the Proprietor of the Province ratified the agreement. They first settled in 
the Conestoga Manor, which is now the garden spot in the great and rich county of Lancaster. 
An intelligent Frenchman, Martin Chartiere by name, soon found his way among them, 
learned their language, took unto himself one of their squaws for a wife and became a promi- 
nent and influential man with them. At the same time he also held the respect and confidence 
of the whites. Bv his Indian wife he had a son named Peter Chartiere, who in the course of 
time became a more prominent man than his father. As he was the son of a Shawanese mother 
it was natural for him to associate with the Indians. He also married a Shawanese squaw, 
as his father had done before him. Being an only son he inherited all his father's estate, 
consisting of a large tract of land lying in the Conestoga Manor. On obtaining possession 
of this land he sold it and moved to the Shawanese settlement at the mouth of the Yellow 
Breeches creek, which passed into our provincial history as "Peter Chartier's Town;" also 
as "Peter Chartier's Landing-Place." 

When the white man began to invade the Kittochtinny Valley — as the Cumberland 
Valley was originallv named — both the Delawares and the Shawanese manifested a decided 

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disposition to migrate to the Ohio. This did not suit the authorities of the Province, for in 
that distant region the wily Frenchman were industriously at work trying to alienate the 
Indians from the English and induce them to all\" themselves with their nation. For wanting 
to remove to the westward the Lidians gave various reasons. The\- alleged that the region of 
the Ohio afforded them better hunting grounds; that on the Susquehanna the whites were 
encroaching upon the lands that belonged to the Indian ; that they there were in constant 
fear of other Indians with whom the}' were on bad terms, etc. In the iirst-named excuse there 
was some truth, but nearl}- all the others were mere pretexts. The Shawanese had some 
inducement to go to the Ohio, as some of their tribe were already there, having gone there 
from the South, but the chief motive was the presence of the French in that country, for by 
being in communication with both the French and the English they were in position to drive 
shrewd bargains, which the Indians of Pennsylvania in those da\"s did very successfully. 
Lossing, in his Field Book of the Revolution, gives the following interesting explanation 
of how the Shawanese came to leave this locality: 

"The Shawanese were a secluded clan, living, b_\' permission of the Delawares, upon 
the western bank of the Susquehanna. On a certain da}', when the warriors of both tribes 
were engaged in a chase upon the mountains, a party of women and children of the Shawanese 
crossed to the Delaware side to gather fruit, and were joined by some of the squaws and 
children of the Delawares. At length a quarrel arose between two of the children about 
the possession of a grasshopper. The mothers took part respectively with their children, 
and the quarrel extended to all the women on both sides. The Delaware squaws were more 
numerous and drove the Shawnees home, killing several on the wa}'. The Shawnee hunters, 
on their return, espousing the cause of their women, aroused themselves, and, crossing the 
river, attacked the Delawares; a bloody battle ensued, and the Shawnees, overpowered, 
retired to the banks of the Ohio, and joined their more powerful brethern, — and all because 
of a miserable grasshopper." 

As France and England in those days were at war with each other almost constantly 
it was of great importance to the people of Pennsylvania that the Indians be kept away from 
French influence as far as possible. Accordingly the authorities made efforts to induce 
those who had wandered off to come back, and to keep at home such as yet remained. They, 
in good faith, offered them the entire section which now embraces Camp Hill and the countr}' 
adjacent to it. Peter Chartiere, James LeTort and Edmund Carthdge were sent as mes- 
sengers to the Indians who had gone to the headwaters of the Ohio to persuade them to come 
back and permanentl}' abide here, l)ut their mission was unsuccessful. J'^hn Wright, Tobias 
Hendricks and Samuel Blunston were delegated to la}' out this tract of land for the exclusive 
use of the Indians and on their way to do so they, under date of November 19, 1731, wrote 
Peter Chartiere from "Peshtank" — now known as Paxtang — as follows: 



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"We are now Going over Susquehanna, To Lay out a Tract of Land Ijetween Cone- 
gogainet and the Shawna Creeks five or six miles back from the River, in order to accom- 
modate the Shawenese Indians or such others as may see fit to Settle there. To Defend them 
from Incroachments, And we have also orders to Dispossess all Persons Settled on that side 
of the River, That Those woods may Remain free to ye Indians for Planting and Hunting, 
And We Desire thee to Communicate this to the Indians who Live About Allegenning." 

The exact date at which Wright, Hendricks and Blunston made the surve}- of this reser- 
vation does not appear in the official records, but it must have been shortly after the date 
of the above letter. It included all the land lying between the Conodoguinet and the Yellow 
Breeches creeks, and the Susquehanna river on the east and the road which leads from the 
Conodoguinet past St. John's church to the Yellow Breeches, immediately east of Shiremans- 
town. In the early records it is designated as the Manor of Paxtang, and sometimes as the 
Manor on the Conodoguinet, but in the old deeds for lands within its bounds, it is called 
the Manor of Louther, after an English nobleman who was married to William Penn's sister. 
By request of the Proprietaries, Tobias Hendricks settled on this reservation to see that 
the Indians were not disturbed in their possession of it, and the Hendricks name is inseparably 
associated with the history of the Louther of Manor. Two Tobias Hendricks figure in the 
early records and the reader is sometimes puzzled to discriminate between them. They were 
father and son. Tobias Hendricks, the father, was one of the first justices of the peace of 
Lancaster county, appointed when that ccunty was formed in 1729. He lived in Conestoga 
Manor, where he became acquainted with Peter Chartiere, the Shawanese half-breed. It 
was Tobias, the father, who, in November, 1731, came with John Wright and Samuel Blunston 
"over Susquehanna" to lay off a tract of land for the Shawanese. Tobias Hendricks, the 
son, was westward of the Susquehanna as early as 1727, but it is not quite clear which of 
the two was settled in the Louther of Manor in the capacity of agent for the Indians. It 
was probably Tobias Hendricks, the elder. 

Although an ideal planting and hunting grounds, and guaranteed ample protection in 
possession of it, the Manor of Louther was not sufficiently tempting to induce the Indians 
to remain upon it. Nothing that the provincial authorities could do, or promise to do, would 
persuade those who had left to come back, or those who still lingered upon it to remain, 
and by the time Cumberland county was formed all of them had wandered off to the Ohio 
and Peter Chartiere with them. 

The Indians having forfeited all claim to the Manor of Louther it reverted to the Pro- 
prietaries, who, in 1765, had John Armstrong make a survey of it and divide it up into tracts. 
In 1767 it was resurveyed by John Lukens, Surveyor General of the Province, whose official 
report was filed away among the archives of the province, where, no doubt, it can still be found. 



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According to this official record, it was divided into 28 separate tracts, ranging in area from 
one hundred and fifty to five hundred acres and upwards, making, in the aggregate, 7,551 
acres of as beautiful and fertile land as can be found anywhere on the continent. This section, 
so highly endowed b}' nature, has improved and grown in importance with the advance 
of the vears. When the Indian left it the white settler moved in and took possession of the 
lands which the Indian foolishly declined to accept, and, as he came, the primeval forest 
melted awav and now, instead of wild woods and "barrens," there are cultivated groves 
and orchards and gardens. Throughout its length and breadth, the Manor of Louther is 
now thicklv sprinkled with commodious farm buildings and comfortable homes of the beau- 
tiful modern type. Its uplands and slopes, alike with its lowlands, teem with rich harvests, 
and, viewed from the high points back of the town of Camp Hill, the whole expanse is a 
delightful picture of industry, thrift and plenty. Such a locahty naturally has a history, and 
it is for the purpose of recording and preserving that history that these lines are written. 

While the Indians migrated from the Manor of Louther at a very early date, they after- 
wards, in an indefinite way, sometimes asserted claim to it, but never offered to comply 
with the conditions upon which it was granted to them. However, after the defeat of Braddock, 
some of their scalping parties came east as far as the borders of their former planting and 
hunting grounds. The historian, Rupp, relates that on August 24, 1756, Tobias Hendricks, 
along with John Sample, James Silver, Francis McGuire, Samuel McCormick and some 
other citizens of East Pennsboro township, petitioned the Governor and Assembly for pro- 
tection against the savage Indians who had not only " killed their neighbors, but were coming 
nearer every day." This petition was read in council on the 28th of August, 1756. The same 
authority relates that on May 13, 1757, William Walker and another man were killed by 
Indians near McCormick's fort "at Conodoguinet," which probably was in the vicinity 
of Hogestown; and in another place, that a man was killed and scalped at McMean's Spring, 
which was at Sporting Hill. He also states that on September 8, 1757, "two men went out 
to hunt horses near Tobias Hendrick's and are supposed to be killed or carried off as they 
have not been heard of since." 

ROADS 

The first road that was constructed through the country of which Camp Hill is now the 
center, was the highway which, for a period of more than seventy-five years, was known as 
the " Great Road." This road was first laid out in November, 1735, ^7 six viewers appointed 
by the court at Lancaster, and, as is often the case with new roads, the route first selected 
did not please some people. Remonstrances were filed and a review asked for and granted. 
Anew set of viewers was appointed who, in May, 1736, succeeded in fixing upon a course 



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that was generally satisfactory, after which this great highwa\' was permitted to remain 
undisturbed until the turnpike superseded it. This original highway began at the landing 
place of Harris' Ferry on the west bank of the Susquehanna and followed almost a direct 
course to James Silver's, near the present Silver Spring church; thence to John Hog's meadow 
near where Hogestown now stands, and thence on up the valley in the direction of the Potomac 
river. 

While the earliest designation of the ferry from which this "Great Road" started was 
"Harris' Ferry," in the records that name was more generally apphed to it on the east side 
of the river, for on the west side it was "Kelso's Ferry" from as early as 1769. Its landing 
place was near the west end of the Cumberland Valley railroad bridge, on the lower side of 
which is still standing the old stone house of William Kelso, who from 1769 to 1807 owned 
and operated this ferry. It is claimed that this house was built in 1734 and is the oldest 
building west of the Susquehanna. As the principal portion of the travel into and out of the 
Cumberland Valley crossed the river at this point, the Kelso ferry did a good business which 
grew with the general growth of the countr\- and enriched its fortunate owner. In the latter 
years of its existence it was valued at $3,500 on the East Pennsboro's tax list. 

Another ferry in the vicinity was that of John Wormle\-, the landing place of which was 
located on the banks of the river where Wormleysburg now stands. The Wormley ferry 
dates only from 1793 and as it was never valued at more than $500 on the tax list it did not 
rank in importance with the Kelso ferry. The completion of the bridge across the river 
took the traffic awax" from these ferries and put an end to their existence. 

The travel across the Susquehanna at this point grew in volume as the Cumberland 
valley and the country to the westward and the southward filled up with settlers. The " Great 
Road" in time came to be lined with huge covered wagons, drawn b\- long teams which in 
many instances were ornamented with bells. Swift stages, heavil\- ladened with passengers, 
came and went, the whole presenting one of the most interesting and animated scenes of 
that by-gone period. The most important stopping place in the lower end of the county 
was the tavern located upon the site of the present Camp Hill, of which Tt)bias Hendricks 
the second was the first proprietor. The famous hostelr}- was provided with large stables 
and outbuildings and yards for the accommodation of its patrons, and near it were two 
distilleries where great quantities of grain and apples were turned into liquor. W^hen the 
river, because of freshets, or the moving ice, became impassable all the east-bound travel 
became gorged at Camp Hill where it would await the going down of the flood. At such 
times the yards and the orchard, the sides of the road and all other a\'ailable space about 
the tavern, were crowded with teams. When the freshets subsided and the river again became 
ferriable there would be frantic struggles among the dela\ed and impatient teamsters to 



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reach the ferries, and much strategy was practiced to get advanced positions in the hnes 
and violent quarrels sometimes ensued. 

Undoubtedly the greatest event in the histor_\- of this ancient Provincial highway was 
the trip of George Washington over it. On the morning of the 4th of October, 1794, that 
great and good man forded the river from Harrisburg to Kelso's in his carriage, driving 
himself, and passed up the Great Road, through what is now Camp Hill, on his way to put 
down the Whiskey Insurrection. Li the diary which he kept at the time, appears the following 
entry: "On the Cumberland side I found a detachment of the Philadelphia light horse, 
read\' to receive and escort me to Carlisle, seventeen miles, where I arrived about 11 o'clock." 

The building of the first bridge across the Susquehanna at Harrisburg was begun in 
1813, and by April, 1816, it was sufficiently advanced to permit of the passage of the United 
States mail coach, and by October of the same year it was thrown open to the general public 
and the collecting of tolls commenced. After that the ferries in the vicinity had ver}- little 
to do and were no longer rated on the tax list. 

A short distance west of Tobias Hendricks' place a road diverged from the " Great Road" 
off to the left and passed across a stretch of open countr}- to Carlisle by the way of the Trindle 
Spring settlement. Travel over this course began at a very early date and in time wore for 
itself a highway which, because of it going by Trindle Spring, was named the " Trindle Spring 
Road." When the country became populated and settlers began to fence in their lands this 
road, not having been legally authorized, was fpnced out of its direct course. Complaints 
of this being done first arose about the year 1790, and soon afterwards a movement was 
inaugurated to have the road regularl}' authorized by decree of court. At the April court 
of quarter sessions of the following year, a petition was presented representing that " a Great 
Road from Trindle Spring to Harrisburg would be of public utility and great convenience," 
and asking for a view for such road. The subscribers to this petition w^ere principally from 
the neighborhood of the Trindle Spring and to the westward. In answer to this request 
six viewers were appointed, five of whom met but could not agree upon a course for the road, 
in consequence of which nothing was done at that time. 

At the October quarter sessions, 1791, another petition, signed by persons from both 
ends and all along the road, — a large proportion of the names in German — was presented, 
the petitioners stating that they labored under great inconvenience for the want of a road 
from "Trinnel's Spring to Kelso's Ferry," said road ''being shut up or turned round on the 
land of Samuel Kimmel." Petitioners further stated, '' we only wish the road to be confirmed 
on the same ground whereon it has been for a length of time past, or as near as possible." 
Li obedience to this second application the court appointed as viewers, Henry Quigley, 
John M'Donald, William M'Teer, James Irvine of East Pennsboro, John Armstrong and 



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Andrew Eminger, who made a survey and unanimousl}" argeed upon and prescribed a course 
for the road, their report being signed on the 31st day of December, 1791. According to the 
draft on record the road started at the house of Wilham Clark on the west side of the Trindle 
Spring, and foUowing a direct course, shghtly north of east, ran into the Great Road at the 
house of Mr. Patterson, which was Tobias Hendricks' old place, Robert Patterson then 
owning it. From that point it followed the line of the Great Road to Kelso's Ferry. 

In 1 813 this road was a lively candidate for the new turnpike from the river to Carlisle, 
the building of which was then beginning to be agitated. The people living along it, and 
also many living to the westward of Carlisle, were enthusiastic in advocating and promoting 
its chances. The mails between Harrisburg and Carlisle were then carried over this route 
and that fact was used as one of the stock arguments for its selection for a turnpike route. 
On the 15th of December, 1813, a large meeting was held at the public house of Nicholas 
Ulrich in Carlisle at which, after a general discussion, it was resolved to make immediate 
application to the Legislature for the passage of an act incorporating a company to build 
a turnpike by the way of Trindle Spring. More than sixty leading citizens, ranging from the 
river to Shippensburg, were appointed to canvass for signers to petitions asking the Legislature 
to favor the Trindle Spring route. But the friends of the route "by the way of Bells tavern" 
and the Great Road were equally active and won, principally through the means of heavy 
stock subscriptions. 

The completion of the bridge across the river started an era of road extension westward 
and road improvement generally. The route of the Harrisburg and Chambersburg turnpike 
having been determined, it secured state aid and was vigorouslv pushed to completion. 
It was built almost entirely by contract and in one-mile sections and on its completion the 
Great Road was put out of business as were the river ferries bv the completion of the great 
bridge. While these public improvements destro\ed the value of some properties, they pro- 
moted the develojjment of the country and enhanced the value of property in general and the 
citizens of the valley, almost to a man, welcomed them and many made heavy investments 
in them. 

With all the mutations that these imjjrovements brought with them the ancient tavern 
founded by Tobias Hendricks maintained its prestige. It continued to he the favorite stopping 
place of the stages and the great Conestoga freight wagons; the promoters and builders of 
the various enterprises in the section there met and transacted business; many of the workmen 
upon them boarded there and after pay-day spent their money there. 

Among the men who had contracts for building the turnpike in the vicinity was an 
athletic young fellow named Dave Lewis. He boarded at the tavern and being handsome 
in person and of pleasing manners was po))ular with the men about the place, and also with 



THE CUMBERLAND BLUE BOOK 71 

some of the women. He was ordinarily well behaved but one morning there was a bitter 
altercation between him and the hostler of the tavern that for a while disturbed the peace 
and quiet of the premises. Lewis threatened to kill the hostler for something he had done, 
although the hostler insisted that he intended disrespect to no one. It seems that back of the 
barn there was an unfinished ha\-stack upon the top of which Lewis had spent the night. 
Being about earlv in the morning, and having use for it, the hostler took away from the side 
of the stack the ladder by which Lewis had ascended, and in so doing mortally offended 
Lewis. The secret of the otfense la}- not in the fact that Lewis was seriously inconvenienced 
by the removal of the ladder but in the fact that on the top of the high stack there was — 
through the invitation and assistance of Lewis — a woman who could not slide down as grace- 
fully as he had done. Dave Lewis afterwards passed into history as Lewis the Robber. 

A historv of Camp Hill and vicinity would be incomplete without some reference to the 
Hendricks family, as the name is inseparably connected with the locality. We have it from 
good authority that Tobias Hendricks, the elder, died in East Pennsboro township in Novem- 
ber, 1739, leaving children as follows: Henry, Rebecca, Tobias, David, Peter, Abraham 
and Isaac. As Henry is the first named he was, no doubt, the oldest child, but as his name 
does not appear upon the records of this part of the Province it is doubtful whether he ever 
lived west of the Susquehanna. When in 1750 Cumberland county was formed the names 
of the two sons, Tobias and Abraham, were on the East Pennsboro tax list. Abraham was 
designated as a "freeman." This is his only appearance in the annals of Cumberland county 
and what became of him is not known to a certainty. Population then already was drifting 
westward and one Abraham Hendricks at a ver}- earl\' date settled in Ligonier Valley, West- 
moreland county, and there became prominent in public affairs, representing his county in 
the State Legislature for three consecutive terms. He married Ann Jamison and by her had 
a family of nine children, among whom was a son John who was the father of Thomas A. 
Hendricks, Vice President of the United States. It is probable that the Abraham Hendricks 
of East Pennsboro and the Abraham Hendricks of Ligonier were one and the same person, 
but as the proof of it is not at hand it is here recorded only as a probability. 

Tobias Hendricks was older than Abraham and because of his long association with 
the locality has a stronger claim to a place in this history than any other first settler that 
can be named. It is known that he was to the westward of the Susquehanna as early as 1727, 
and while it is not known where in the valley he resided at that early stage, it is reasonable 
to assume that his home was in the Manor of Louther, at least from the time his father became 
guardian over the reservation. He was active in promoting the best interests of the early 
settlers and enjoyed their confidence in a high degree. In 1749 he was tax collector for East 
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ranked as one of the foremost citizens of the \-alley. He died about the beginning of the year 
1779, leaving a will in which he names his wife Agnes, his two sons, James and John, and 
his daughter Mary and her three children, Agnes, Elizabeth and Mary, daughters to Robert 
Galbreath. From 1768 to 1790 Robert Galbreath was a prominent business man in Allen 
township. He lived on the Yellow Breeches creek at Lisburn where he owned a grist-mill, 
a saw-mill, a still, also servants and negroes. Among the very old papers preserved in the 
court house at Carlisle is the marriage bond of Robert Galbreath and Alary Hendricks, 
bearing date March 27, 1762. James Hendricks was a captain in the First Pennsylvania 
Battalion in Colonel Henry Bouquet's expedition of 1764, and Richard Butler, afterwards 
so celebrated as a soldier, was his ensign. The wife and the son John were named as executors. 
There is nothing in the records of Cumberland county to indicate what became of these two 
sons of Tobias Hendricks, the second. 

While James and John are the only sons mentioned in his will it is strongly probable 
that Tobias Hendricks also had a son named William who was killed in the struggle for 
American liberty before his father's will was made. The data upon which such inference is 
based is .somewhat scattered and disconnected, but the character of it and the circumstances 
surrounding it, and the absence of all data to the contrary, permit of no other reasonable 
concKision. 

Among the marriage bonds remaining on lile in the court house at Carlisle is one issued 
on November 14, 1761, to William Hendricks and Mary Reyhnolds. In 1775 there appears 
on the East Pennsboro tax list a William Hendricks, a "freeman," and on July 13, 1775, a 
Captain William Hendricks with a company of go men left Carlisle and marched to Boston 
where thc\- arrived on the 9th of August and, with William Thompson of Carlisle as their 
colonel, there immediately joined Washington's army. Judge Henry speaks of Captain 
Hendricks as being a young man, tall in stature and of mild and beautiful countenance, 
and that his soul was animated by a genuine spark of heroism. There, then, was a William 
Hendricks in Elast Pennsboro township before the Revolution. The records and tradition 
locate him there, and the records and tradition both state that he was a soldier. He was a 
young man and as Tobias Hendricks was the only Hendricks in Cumberland county that 
could have had sons old enough for military duty he must have been the father of this William 
Hendricks. 

As Captain William Hendricks has not yet been awarded that full measure of honor 
due a man who gives his life for his country reference to him in this history of his native locality 
will be in place. 

A short time after the arrival of Col. Thompson's regiment at Boston, Washington, in 
obedience to requests sent him from Quebec, concluded to make a descent upon Canada 



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by way of the Kennebec and Chaudiere rivers through Maine, and a force of eleven hundred 
men was placed in command of Colonel Benedict Arnold for that purpose. Among these 
picked men were three companies of riflemen, one of which was that of Captain William 
Hendricks from Cumberland county. It was planned that they should join and co-operate 
with the army of General ^Montgomery, who had entered Canada by the way of Lake Cham- 
plain and Montreal. They left Cambridge on the nth of September and marching through 
a trackless wilderness for a distance of almost a thousand miles came in sight of the city 
of Quebec on the 8th of December, 1775. The hardships and privations that this band of 
patriots suffered upon this memorable march are almost indescribable. Without maps or 
guides they found their way through dense forests and deep swamps, and over rugged moun- 
tains in face of the pitiless storms of the late season and that unfriendly latitude. The fall 
rains swelled the streams in their course into raging torrents and many a luckless boat was 
swept to destruction and many a good and true soldier found a watery grave. Inclement 
weather and lack of wholesome food brought disease and the sick died from lack of medicine 
and shelter from the elements. When hardships in severity had reached the verge of human 
endurance their provisions became exhausted, and the moose of the woods and the fish of 
the streams no longer affording them a supply of food, they were reduced to the extremity 
of killing their faithful dogs and eating them, and in that way keep in their bodies the spark 
of life and get strength to keep up the march. This happened on the ist of December and is 
chronicled in Captain Hendricks' journal. He says: "On our way we passed some of the 
musket men eating two dogs which they had roasted, skins guts and all, not having eat any- 
thing for some three days before. I myself saw one of them offer a dollar to one of our 
company for a bit of cake not above two ounces. At night we encamped in a very deplorable 
condition; some of us had not eaten for twenty-four hours." The incident is also recorded 
by Judge Henry, who as a boy of seventeen shared the hardships and dangers of that 
memorable expedition. He speaks of it as follows: '' Coming to their fire they gave me a cup 
of their broth. It had a greenish hue and was said to be that of a bear. This was instantly 
known to be untrue from the taste and smell. It was that of a dog. He was a large black 
Newfoundland dog belonging to Thayer, and very fat." 

With the soldiers of this devoted band, wading the icy waters of the streams and the 
waist-deep mud of the swamps, were two reputable women. One was the wife of Joseph 
Greer, a sergeant in Hendricks' company, and a brave and gallant soldier. The other was 
Jemima Warner, the wife of James Warner, a private in Captain Smith's company, from 
Lancaster county. Mrs. Greer was a large, virtuous and respectable woman and so proper 
and circumspect in her conhuct that no one dared to utter a disrepectful idea of her. Mrs. 
Warner was coarse in manners, but a beautiful woman and a loving and devoted wife. Her 



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husband was a young man, handsome and strong, yet a dolt and always lagged behind on 
the march. He died in the wilderness under circumstances that were extremel}' sad. One 
day a marsh, three-quarters of a mile in width, was crossed. On entering it some one dis- 
covered that Warner was missing, and on inquiry being made it was learned that he was sick 
and had sat down under a tree a few miles back. With tears of affection in her eyes his wife 
begged of the soldiers to wait while she ran back and brought uj) her husband. They waited 
for one hour and neither the man nor the woman coming up they passed on without them. 
That was the last that was heard of them until about a month after the troops reached Quebec 
when Mrs. Warner came into camp with her husband's rifle, powder horn and pouch. The 
tender-hearted wcMiian, running back from the marsh, had found her husband sitting under 
a tree, where he said he was determined to die. She remained with him for several days 
urging him forward whenever his strength seemed to rally but he again and again sat down. 
While thus engaged a boat passed down the river, containing several soldiers, among them 
Sergeant Greer, the husband of her only woman comrade. These had in charge Lieutenant 
M'Clelland, of Hendricks' company, who also was dying. She hailed them, and, bathed 
in tears, implored them to take her husband also on board, but they were necessarily deaf 
to her entreaties. Finding every effort to save her husband unavailing, she took what food 
she had in her possession, and with a canteen tilled with water, placed it in front of him, 
and then, leaving him in the wilderness to die alone, bore his arms and amunition to where 
they would do the most good — to his comrades in front of Quebec. 

Along with his bravery Captain Hendricks was exceptionally magnanimous, patriotic 
and sympathetic. Of the three captains whose companies were selected from Col. Thomp- 
son's regiment for this expedition he was the oldest commissioned ofhcer and for that reason 
entitled to the command of the detachment, but as he was the youngest in years, he, for the 
sake of peace and good order, acquiesced in the selection of Capt. Morgan of Virginia, who 
had seen service in the former wars. And when the dying McClellan was being carried 
through the wilderness on the shoulders of his comrades, this gallant young captain bore a 
share of the patriotic burthen and helped to care for him with the tenderness of a brother. 
He was a man of whom Camp Hill and all Cumberland county can feel proud, and a suitable 
memorial should be erected near the place of his l)irth to honor and perpetuate his memory. 

EARLY TAVERNS 

Tobias Hendricks kept the tirst hotel, or house of entertainment, where Camp Hill now 
stands. Just when he began doing so is not known, but it must have been at a very early 
day, for the records of the Cumberland county court show that as early as at the October 



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quarter sessions of the year 1753 he was indicted "for keeping pubUc house without Ucense." 
At the same court were arraigned on the same charge, James Silver, Robert Erwin, Mary 
Reynolds and Janet Piper, all representatives of prominent and reputable earl}- families, 
which shows that there was then a general neglect to obtain license for the purpose of keeping 
public house. After the arraignment mentioned Tobias Hendricks complied with the legal 
requirements respecting license, as the following application— the original of which is still 
on tile in the court house at Carlisle — shows: 

"Tobias Hendricks begs the honor of \our Worships to recommend to his honor the 
Governor for his obtaining a Lycense for the Ensuing year and \-our Petitioner, as in duty 
Bound shall ever pray. 

Julv 20, 1762. Tobias Hendrix." 

He continued to keep public house here during the rest of his life, and not onl>- while 
he lived but for many years after his death the place was known as Hendricks' stand. The 
Manor of Louther being formally opened to settlement by the surveys of 1765 and 1767 
settlers within its bounds began to perfect the titles to their lands, and the records show 
that on the 6th of December, 1773, the Proprietaries of the Province confirmed unto Philip 
Kimniel, Tract No. 18, containing 311 acres. From this tract, on January 26, 1775, Philip 
Kimmel and Mary his wife sold to Tobias Hendricks 212 acres, bounded by lands of Robert 
Whitehill, Andrew Kreitzer, Casper Weaver and other lands of Philip Kimmel. The absence 
of Hendricks entries upon the records of the land office up to this time does not show that 
Tobias Hendricks was not a resident of this localit}-, but simply that he had not formally 
obtained title. He had long lived upon these same lands and they were his by right of con- 
tinuous possession. He bequeathed this real estate to his son John who in October, 1779, 
sold it to Mark Bird of Reading, who in January, 1781, sold it to Robert Patterson of East 
Pennsboro. Patterson dying while possessed thereof his executor on March 17, 1795, sold 
it at public sale to Martin Bear who died within a few months after purchasing it. Bear's 
administrators then sold it to Nicholas Wolf and John Bowman, who were from the vicinity 
of Ephrata, Lancaster county. John Bowman, being a son-in-law of Nicholas Wolf, a few 
years afterwards came into full possession of the property which has continued in the Bowman 
name ever since. 

After Robert Patterson acquired this property he rented it to Jeremiah Rees, who kept 
it as a public house for a few years. In his applications for license Rees would designate 
the place as: "the tenement formerly occupied by :Mr. Tobias Hendricks, deceased, on the 
great road leading from Carlisle to Harris's Ferry;" also, "it being that well known house 
formerly kept by Tobias Hendricks." Martin Bear, the next owner, kept it as a public house 



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himself, but at his death his wife, Catharine Bear, took up the business and continued it 
until followed by John Bowman in April, 1796. 

The original Hendricks stand was a log building situated on the north side of the '' Great 
Road," which along here lay on the line of the present turnpike. This log structure John 
Bowman soon found too small for his rapidly increasing patronage, and in 1799 he built a 
stone house 57 x 36 feet in size, and containing twenty-one rooms. It throughout was specially 
adapted to the hotel wants of the period, and was considered a large and complete hostelry 
for many years afterwards. He also built a barn and stables for teams to put up in, and two 
distilleries on the same premises. He was in business here until in the spring of 1832, when 
he transferred the hotel to his son, John Bowman the second, who continued it for three years 
more. The stone house erected by the elder John Bowman in 1799 is still standing (see 
illustration on page 77) and is one of the most conspicuous historical landmarks of the town. 
It is now owned by Mrs. Matilda Traub. 

Another hotel within the present precincts of Camp Hill that in its time was a great place 
was that located at the junction of the turnpike and the Trindle Spring road. Here Abraham 
Ovster in 1814 purchased 39 acres of land for a home and place of business, and at the No- 
vember court of quarter sessions of that }ear applied for a license to keep a house of public 
entertainment. In the application the place is located, "at the intersection of the Trindle 
Spring road and the Silver Spring road;" the turnpike not yet being built. The Oysters 
had much to do with making the history of this vicinity and some reference to them as a family 
is in place. There were three brothers, John, George and Abraham, who were sons of a 
Jacob Oyster and were born at Abbottstown, Adams county, whither their father had gone 
from Berks count}-. While they were yet mere lads their mother died, and their father going 
to Virginia with the view of looking up a new place in which to settle, was never heard of 
afterwards. The children then scattered. George went to relatives back in Berks county 
and on reaching the age of young manhood took up the occupation of wagoning on the road 
to Pittsburg and back. At this he was employed eight years during which time he became 
acquainted with the beauties and advantages of the Cumberland Valley, and as early as 181 1 
we find him located in East Pennsboro township. In 1813 he was followed to the vicinity 
by his brother Abraham and subsequently by two sons of his brother John, Elias B. and 
Thomas. In the families of George and John the name was subsequently changed from 
Oyster to Eyster. 

Al^raham Oyster kept a public house at the intersection of the Trindle Spring road and 
the turnpike from 1814 to 1837 ^'""^ continued to own the property for many years afterwards. 
His nephew, Elias B. Oyster, also kept public house there for three years and the name Oyster 
being associated with the ])lace so long it naturally became known as "Oyster's Point," 




Fort Couch, an out-work of Fort Washington, 
Washington Heights 







Residence of Mrs. Matilda Traub, formerly the old 
Bowman Tavern 

(77) 



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by which name it is still known although it long ago passed out of the Oyster ownership 
and no hotel has been kept there in years. (See illustration.) 

In 1854 an effort was made to divide East Pennsboro township and erect a new township 
named "Manor" with Oyster's Point as the place at which to hold the elections. It was pro- 
posed to draw the dividing line from " a point on a corner of the farm now [then] belonging 
to Michael Free, on the lower Allen township line, and running thence north twentv-eight 
and a-half degrees West till it strikes the line running between the countv of Cumberland 
and Perry on the North Mountain." The petition asking for the division was presented in 
September and the court, on consideration, appointed as viewers John Sprout, Thos. B. 
Bryson and Henr}- Rupp. At the following Januar}- court these viewers reported that in 
their opinion "the township ought not to be divided," and the court concurring, the matter, 
for the time being, ended. 

The taverns of the earl\- day in the vicinity of Camp Hill were not all located along the 
line of the turnpike. Along what is known as the State Road, half way between Whitehill 
station and the junction of that road with the turnpike, there is still standing an old wooden 
building that has made history as a tavern. From the fact of its being painted yellow it 
was familiarly known as the "Yellow Tavern," and the old people of the present generation 
easily recall having heard their parents speak of it by that name. Along by 1820 and 1822 
this tavern was kept by Jacob Bigler. He afterwards sold it to John Bigler, who in 1809 
and 1810 kept a tavern at Kelso's Ferry, but at the same time seems to have been a citizen 
of Harrisburg. Jacob and John Bigler probably were brothers, and Jacob was the father of 
two boys who achieved high distinction and honor in public life. One was John Bigler, 
born in 1804, who became a journalist and afterwards a lawyer. In 1846 he removed to 
Illinois and in 1849 from there to California, where he became prominent in politics, gained 
the name of "honest John Bigler," and from 1852 to 1856 was governor of that state. The 
other boy was William Bigler, who learned the printing trade under his brother John and 
then moved to Clearfield, Pa., where he established a newspaper. After publishing his paper 
for several years he sold it and entered the lumber business, but always found time for politics 
and early became an able and successful political leader. In 1841 he was elected to the state 
senate and in 1843 and '44 was speaker of the senate. In 1849 he was appointed one of the 
revenue commissioners, and in 185 1 was elected governor of the state. In 1854 he was a 
candidate for re-election but was defeated by the American party. In 1855 he was sent to 
the L^nited States senate. He was a member of the Democratic national convention which 
met at Charleston in i860, was temporary chairman of the national convention of 1864 and 
a member of that of 1868. In 1873 he was delegate-at-large of the constitutional convention 
at Erie. These two distinguished men, while (Mie was yet a stripling and the other a mere 



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lad, spent at least three years of their lives in the vicinity of Camp Hill, and the late William 
R. Gorgas and the late John Bowman were among their youthful associates. 

Another early tavern in the vicinity of Camp Hill was that kept by Solomon Gorgas 
on the Simpson Road at what is still known as the ''Old Gorgas Place." Mr. Gorgas came 
from Lancaster county and setded here in 1803. He was an enterprising, public-spirited 
man and soon after his coming began keeping a public house. A little while later he entered 
upon the mercantile trade, opening a large store at the same point, which along with his 
hotel and farm gave the Gorgas place great prominence. Prior to the completion of the Cum- 
berland Valley railroad the travel by way of Simpson Ferry and the Simpson Road was very 
heavy and contributed much in patronage and prestige to the Gorgas tavern and store. 
Solomon Gorgas, and also his son William R. Gorgas, were long active in Cumberland county 
politics, both in their time representing the district in the State Legislature, and consequently 
the Gorgas name is effectually interwoven with Cumberland county's history. The coming 
of the railroad caused hauling by wagon to dwindle and when the big teams and the droves 
left the roads these road-side taverns were left without patronage and were discontinued, 
but their large buildings remain and speak eloquently of the glory and importance that once 
was theirs. 

WHITEHILL STATION 

On the southeastern edge of Camp Hill, and so near to it that it can be properly considered 
a part of it, is Whitehill Station, so named because it is located on land that was originally 
owned by Robert Whitehill, who came from Pequa, Lancaster county, and settled here 
about the year 1772. He purchased from the Proprietaries Tract No. 17, containing 213 
acres, and upon the upper part of it built himself a substantial stone house, said to have been 
the first stone dwelling in the Manor of Louther, and long before the railroad was thought 
of his place was known far and wide as " Whitehill's." Formerly Whitehill Station was the 
only freight and passenger depot for Camp Hill and the surrounding country, but the com- 
pletion of the Philadelphia and Reading railway branch through the same locality, gave the 
place additional railroad facilities with a depot on that road also called "Whitehill Station." 
On the completion of the Philadelphia and Reading, a siding was built a short distance 
west of the station, connecting the two roads, so cars and also trains can be transferred 
from one to the other, as the general trafific or emergencies may require. For the purpose 
of lowering the grade in its track along here the Cumberland Valley in 1903 sunk its road bed 
to a considerable depth, necessitating an overhead bridge for the three different wagon roads 
that here cross the railroad, and the removal of the station and warehouse to level ground 
farther to the eastward. When in 1896 the electric railway was built from Harrisburg to 



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Lc^moyne and New Cumberland a l^ranch was extended on a line midway between the Cum- 
berland Valle\- and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads from Lemoyne westward to a 
pi:)int a little ways beyond Whitehill Station. This was done with the view of eventually 
reaching Shiremanstown and Mechanicsburg, but as the company afterwards secured the 
right of way via Camp Hill and the turnpike this stem has not vet been built anv farther. 



EBERLY'S MILLS 

On the Cedar Run, due south and in sight of Camp Hill, is a village known as Eberly's 
Mills, whose history may with propriety be recorded in these pages. It consists of about 
a score of houses and takes its name from the mills that were located there; which, however, 
were not Eberly's mills until in 1854. Prior to that date the place was known as Milltown 
and is still sometimes so designated. On a warrant bearing date the 27th of December, 
1770, the Proprietaries of the Province here granted unto Major Edward Ward, Tracts Nos. 
10 and II of the Manor of Louther, containing 317 acres and 121 perches, "subject to the 
pa\ment of one pepper corn yearly and every year on the first of March forever as a quit 
rent to John Penn the younger and John Penn the elder their heirs and assigns forever, 
if demanded." Edward Ward was assessed with a grist mill and a saw mili on the ta.x rolls 
of Allen township in 1769, and there are some entries upon the records which make it probable 
that the mills with which he was assessed in 1769 were in existence alreadv in 1766, before 
the owners had anything more than a squatter's title to the land. 

From the very tirst, then, there were "mills" at this place. The tax list shows that in 
1769 they consisted of a grist mill and a saw mill; in 1775 a grist mill and a hemp mill; in 
1780 a grist mill, a saw mill and a hemp mill; in 1782 a grist mill, saw mill and oil mill, and 
so on continuously down to 1820. The part of the original property lying to the south of the 
Cedar Run — which included the mills — Casper Weaver devised to his son Adam Weaver; 
that lying to the north of the stream he devised to another son, Jacob Weaver. In April, 
1794, Adam Weaver sold to Nicholas Kisecker, of Berks county, who died intestate in 1803, 
and the property under partition proceedings was awarded to Nicholas Kisecker, Jr., on 
July 30, 1805. In June, 1814, Nicholas Kisecker, Jr., sold to John Zook, who in April, 
1818, sold to George Fahnestock, who in April, 1830, sold to Price and Emmert, who in May, 
1833, sold to Price, who in May, 1838, sold to George Heck, who for the benefit of his creditors 
assigned to J. G. Heck, who in November, 1854, sold to Samuel Eberly, who in June, 1858, 
sold to Christian Eberly, who in November, 1868, sold one-half interest to John Beetem, 
and Eberly and Beetem in March, 187 1 ,sold to George Leonard, who in A|)ril, 1876, sold 
to Dellinger and Mav. It is now owned bv the Elwood Sutton estate. 



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Through these various ownerships the place enjoyed eras of prosperity and also sulYered 
eras of adversity. When Nicholas Kisecker, Jr., acquired the propert}- he found the old 
mill too small and to accommodate the growing demands of his trade he built a much larger 
and finer new stone mill. Being a practical energetic man he personally superintended the 
building of the new mill. He selected the materials that entered into its construction, saw 
that the stone were properly dressed, the mortar properly mixed and watched and directed 
all the details in the progress of the work. It is related of him that one day he discovered 
one of the masons putting a large stone into the wall edgewise. This was not according to 
rule so he had the man lay it on its tlat side and then discharged him. In regard to the ma- 
chinerv inside the mill he was equally precise and exacting, and all its parts were adjusted 
with the nicety of the machiner}- in a clock. This is the same mill that is still standing, but 
its glory of a hundred years ago has departed never to return again. On the completion of 
the new mill the old one was changed into a dwelling. It also is still standing, and is the long 
low stone building at the town spring. Mr. Fahnestock and several succeeding proprietors 
made it their mansion. A house was built directly across the street from the mill as a residence 
for the boss miller, and various other improvements made from time to time in and around 
the place. During the Emmert ownership the farm buildings to the south of the mill were 
built, and for a number of years they were the mansion place, where from the porch of the 
house the proprietor could look over the entire mill premises, and likewise over the whole 
village. When a dozen or more buildings were built the place began to aspire to the dignity 
of a name, and having within its precincts nearl}- ever}- s])ecies of mill then known it was 
naturally given the name of " Milltown." 

With the advent of improved machiner\- and new methods and customs some of the 
different mills located here were rendered useless and one after the other passed away. The 
hemp mill, which stood on the banks of the Yellow Breeches creek at the mouth of the Cedar 
Run, was one of the first to go but several large stones lying at the place are still pointed out 
as having been part of the hemp-crushing machinery. John Drawbaugh, the father of Daniel 
Drawbaugh the inventor, was the -village blacksmith, and in addition to a general black- 
smithing business, made edged tools and other special articles that were much called for in 
his day and locality. For some time he did much at boring and dressing gun barrels which 
were shipped from here to the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry b}- wagon, and the 
building that was long the plaster mill became the boring and dressing mill where these 
gun Ijarrels were prepared. W^hen the business of the clover mill failed its building was con- 
verted into a machine shop in which Daniel Drawbaugh manufactured measuring faucets, 
rotary pumps, and other machinery and articles of his invention. Here too, in 1867, he con- 
structed an instrument to convey human speech by means of the electric current, which was 



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the original invention of the telephone, as was conclusively proven in the courts. Eberl}-'s 
Mills is, therefore, unquestionably the birthplace of the telephone. 

The farm Iving due north of the Cedar Run at Eberly's Mills formerl\- belonged to John 
Heck, who was a very prominent citizen but in his latter days considered eccentric. He 
was quite wealthv, and it is said at one time owned sixteen farms. He built a distillery 
about a hundred vards north of where the mill stands; also a large stone house on more 
elevated ground a little farther north. This house was long his home. He was short of 
stature but possessed of remarkable powers of endurance and could do more work than 
anv of his emplovees. He was particularly noted for his feats at walking. Besides owning 
a large amount of real estate he also owned a stable of horses that was the admiration 
and envy of all the countr}- around. His team of six was driven by Andrew Gheer, who 
was justlv famous as a teamster in that day of good teamsters and large teams. This 
team, decked in ribbons and shining bells, drawing a big covered wagon attracted 
attention and caused comment wherever it went. With it John Heck — familiarly called 
"Johnnie" Heck because of his size — shipped the whiskey he manufactured at ]\Iilltown 
to Baltimore. He was a great walker and upon one occasion, after his team had left, he fol- 
lowed on foot and walked all the way to Baltimore. He attended to the sale of his whiskey, 
secured a return load for his team and then started and walked home, having been absent 
but three davs. He was not particularly religious but detested ]jrt)fanity and in his neigh- 
borhood were four boys who were noted swearers. "Johnnie" repeatedly expostulated 
with them on the subject but to no purpose, so after some consideration he concluded to 
try and frighten them into a sense of their sin. Knowing that they returned home every 
night through a dark wood near where now is Camp Hill, he rigged up in a sheet to appear 
like a ghost and concealed himself near the path by which they usually came. Soon he heard 
them approach, vying with each other at coining horrible oaths, and gliding from his hiding 
place he in deep gutteral tones slowly began: "Thou shalt not take the name" — but got 
no further. The leader of the party exclaimed, " Hello, boys, here's the devil! Let's kill him!" 
And with clubs and stones they drove the ghost out of the woods. The George Heck who 
from 1838 to 1854 owned the Milltown mills, was "Johnnie" Heck's oldest son. He failed 
financially and after his affairs were adjusted by assignee he and his family removed to 
Hancock county, Ohio, where a few years afterwards he died. 

When the California gold fever swept over the country it struck Milltown and the vicinity 
and a number of its most enterprising and ambitious young men caught the malady. Most 
of them did not have the money to pay for the trip to the New Eldorado but capitaHsts in 
the vicinity having confidence in the boys offered to advance them the necessary amount 
with the understanding and agreement that a certain per centage of the gold dust they would 



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find should be paid them for making such advances. William B. Urich, Harry Kahn, Garrett 
Clark, Henry K. Drawbaugh and Jacob Heck were among those who reached the land of 
gold. Henry K. Drawbaugh and Jacob Heck got back within a year afterwards but with 
little more than the dearly-bought experience the trip afforded them. Henry Kahn and 
Garrett Clark died in the gold diggings, and William B. Urich remained in California many 
years and never returned to his former home at Eberly's Mills. 

The only church at Eberly's Mills stands at the northeast corner of the village. It was 
built in 1842 by the denomination known as the Church of God. It is a small wooden structure 
with a small congregation but at different periods since its erection has had good-sized con- 
gregations. 

A short distance to the northwest of the mills, and north of the Cedar Run, is the public 
school for the Eberly's Mills district, known as the Cedar Grove school. Owing to it being 
near the famous Gorgas place it is also sometimes called the " G.orgas School." The present 
building is of brick, but its predecessor was a massive stone building erected about the year 
1790. A writer who was a pupil in it as early as 1839, and subsequently a teacher, describes 
this old stone building as having stood on the exact site of the present house, with gables 
to the north and south, and with a window at the northern end directly behind the teacher 
as he sat at his high perched desk. The entrance was on the eastern side near the northeast 
corner and was approached through a wood-shed. There was one window on the east side, 
one on the south and two on the western side. In 185 1 the old stone house was torn down 
and a more pretentious brick one built, the walls of the old structure furnishing the material 
for the basement of the new. 

One of the earhest teachers here was "Schoolmaster Campbell," a red-headed Irishman 
who knew no suasion but that of a stout hickory club. He was succeeded in 1815 by Charles 
Rinehart, who was a very successful and satisfactory instructor. Rinehart lived in York 
county and taught here for a period of ten years and quit only when the infirmities of age 
compelled him to retire. While Charles Rinehart taught this school he had as pupils the 
two famous Bigler brothers, John and William, who afterwards became governors, the 
former of California and the latter of Pennsylvania. William met his first sweetheart at 
this school, a winsome country lass a little older than he. As a token of his affection he pre- 
sented her with a little red-covered booklet, full of colored pictures and a jingling narrative 
entitled "The House that Jack Built." On the inside of the first cover, in rude school-boy 
chirography, was inscribed: "Elizabeth Brooks her Book from William Bigler." Elizabeth 
Brooks lived to a great age and to the end of her long life this booklet was to her a cherished 
memento, and it is still preserved by some of her descendants. 

Other teachers of this school were Joseph Gorgas, Harriet Hyers, George W. Hall, 



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Isaac E. Haines, \Vm. B. Bigler and S. B. Heiges. Mr. Haines is remembered as an earnest 
and devoted teacher who was constantly devising new methods to advance his pupils. His 
whole soul was in his work but failing health compelled him to quit the profession. For 
a while he engaged at the mercantile business, but death soon claimed him as its own and 
his ashes lie interred in the little graveyard at Eberly's Mills. S. B. Heiges, who afterwards 
was superintendent of the public schools of York county, Principal of the Cumberland 
Valley State Normal School, and Principal of the White Hall Soldiers' Orphan School, began 
teaching here about 1856 and continued through several }ears. Among his advanced pupils 
was a Miss Lizzie Rupp, who afterwards became Mrs. S. B. Heiges. She was a daughter 
of Rev. George Rupp, a Mennonite minister living in the neighborhood. Along with his 
daily duties as teacher ]Mr. Heiges had a night school in physical science and in it Daniel 
Drawbaugh first became interested in electricity. 

Daniel Drawbaugh's education began in the old stone building at this place and upon 
at least one occasion got himself into trouble by inventing things. It is told of him that while 
sitting in the old school house one day he discovered a current of cold air coming through 
a small hole in the wall. Instantly an idea flashed across his mind. Putting his wits to work 
he built a miniature windmill, and placing it in the way of the current in presence of some 
of his associates when school was not in session, it worked like a charm. It was torture to 
him to keep his little mill idle while that current of air was going to waste. It might as well 
be doing something, he thought, so while the rest of the school were absorbed in their books, 
he, unnoticed b\- the teacher, rigged his little invention up against the wall, and swinging 
it into the way of the current, it set up a shrieking noise that startled the whole school. " What's 
that?" the teacher asked, and the pupils who were in the secret looked at Daniel Drawbaugh. 
Their looks betrayed him and on being called up he confessed. The teacher feigned friendly 
interest, had him show the machine and explain its principles, and then — gave him a flogging. 

OYSTER'S MILLS 

While the mills on the Cedar Run were the earliest mills in the vicinity of Camp Hill 
they were not the only early mills. In August, 1770, Thomas and Richard Penn conveyed 
to Nicholas Kreitzer Tract No. 19, of the ^lanor of Louther, containing 267 acres of land, 
lying in the bend of the creek due north of Camp Hill. This land descended from Nicholas 
Kreitzer to his son, Adam Kreitzer, and from Adam Kreitzer 84 acres of it descended to 
Andrew Kreitzer, son of Adam. Here were built at a ver\- earl\' date a grist mill and a saw 
mill, but by whom is not definitely known. In 1807 the mills are found in possession of 
Adam Kreitzer, who that year devised them to his son, Andrew, who in October, 1820, con- 



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veyed them to Abraham Oyster, the proprietor of the Oyster's Point tavern. Abraham Oyster 
buih a four-story brick mill on the site of the old one, enlarged the saw mill, added a distillery 
and here engaged in business so actively and extensively and so long that to this day the 
place is known as Oyster's iSIills, the same as the place at which he kept tavern is known 
as Oyster's Point. In 1855 Abraham Oyster conveyed these mills to two of his children, 
Simon and Margaret Oyster, and in 1866 Margaret Oyster conveyed her interest in the prop- 
ert\' to her brother Simon, who thereb\' became the sole owner of it. Simon Oyster devised 
it to his son Albert who in 1886, after it was in the Oyster name continuously for sixty-six 
years, sold it to Samuel Rineard. It is now owned by Patricio Russ, of Harrisburg, who 
recentl}' erected a large new mill in place of the former brick one which burned down in 
March, 1903. 

Abraham Oyster was a man of good judgment and an energetic enterprising citizen. 
He was successful in all his business undertakings and was long rated as the richest man 
in East Pennsboro township. Late in life he removed to La Grange, Lewis count}', Missouri 
where he was equally successful in business ventures. He died in Missouri in October, 1864. 

SLAVE TERRITORY 

To some readers of the present day it will seem strange that human slavery should 
once have prevailed in the Manor of Louther, but such is the fact and this history would 
be incomplete without some reference to it. Information regarding the subject is preserved 
in the ot^cial tax lists of the county and from that record it appears that Tobias Hendricks 
owned slaves down to the time of his death. His will was made Nov. 29, 1778, and in it 
occurs this passage: " I give to my son James one Negro Boy called Catoe." Tobias Hendricks 
died in January, 1779, and that year his widow was assessed with live negroes, showing 
that "Catoe" was only one of several slaves that her husband owned at the time he made 
his will. 

Jeremiah Reese, who succeeded Tobias Hendricks as keeper of a house of entertainment 
on the site of the present Camp Hill, for a period of more than twenty years owned slaves. 
At no time did he own less than two and in 1779 he owned ti^•e. He made his will in February, 
1803, willing " Juley " his " negro wench," to his wife and after his wife's death to his daughter 
Katey. 

Robert Whitehill owned a negro slave when in 1772 he came from Lancaster county 
and settled in the ^Slanor of Louther, and continued to own slaves down to near the time 
of his death. In 1789 the assessment charged him with ''two small slaves," and in 1793 
with ''two slaves." 



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William Kelso, who from 1769 to 1807 kept the ferry on the west side of the river where 
now stands the Cumberland Valley railroad bridge, was a slave owner, but onl}- in one year 
is charged with more than one in the assessment. 

Samuel Simpson, the first man to be assessed with a ferry in East Pennsboro township, 
in 1767 was also charged with a negro. In the assessment of the following year his widow 
stands charged with the same property, the negro included. Nothing has been found in the 
records to indicate the location of Samuel Simpson's ferry, and as his appearance antedates 
the coming of William Kelso he may have been his predecessor. 

From 1766 to 1782 a Nathaniel Nelson owned a negro slave. He made his will in March, 
1780, and gave his "negro man" to his two sons, Nathaniel and George Nelson, but author- 
ized and empowered his executors to sell the negro at any time they shall think it to the advan- 
tage of his two sons, and divide the money between them. Stewart Rowan; William Patterson, 
and after him his widow; Robert Patterson, and after him his widow, Mary Patterson; 
Charles Stewart, Hartley Wormley, Nicholas Kreitzer and John Bowman at various times 
were also assessed with slaves. The last person to own a slave in the Manor of Louther 
was Richard M. Crane, who in 1823 stands taxed with one slave valued at twenty dollars. 

The act abolishing slavery in Pennsylvania was passed ^Slarch i, 1780, but it provided 
that the children born to slave parents after its passage should remain slaves until they 
reached the age of 28 years; and this gradual extinction feature perpetuated the institution 
to a comparatively late day. 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

Camp Hill's first school was held in a log house which stood near the spring which 
rises on a property now owned by Emanuel Hoopey. Because of its surroundings 
it was called the "Walnut Grove School." The land on which it was located formerly 
belonged to Samuel Bowman and originally was part of the tract that Tobias Hendricks 
bought from Philip Kimmel. Among the teachers who taught it was a man named Thompson; 
also an Irishman whose name through the lapse of time has passed into oblivion. George 
Eichelberger, still [1907] living in Mechanicsburg, taught in this old house during the latter 
years of its existence. It disappeared so long ago that it is now barely remembered by the 
oldest residents of the locality. It was succeeded by a frame structure that stood at the corner 
of a wood on the turnpike at the extreme lower end of the town as it now exists. School 
was taught in this frame building until the growth and shifting of population required a 
house more commodious and more centrally located. The old house was then turned into 
a dwelling and after being used as such for some years was burned down. 

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God on the high ground hi the northeastern part of the town. Ahhough hi falrl\- good condition 
this house has also about reached the end of its term of usefuhiess and is on the eve of being 
retired. Within its walls many boys and girls received the training that enabled them to live 
successful and happy lives and do their duty as good citizens. One of the faithful and devoted 
teachers who taught in this house is Dr. Wm. B. Bigler, still living at Dallastown, Pa. He 
taught here from i860 to '63, summer and winter, and has preserved lists of the pupils who 
sat under his instruction during that time. One winter he had in regular daily attendance 
128 pupils, and the school was so large that the board of directors furnished him an assistant 
teacher, a Miss Oberholtzer, and although the instructing and the reciting under both teachers 
had all to be done in the same room it was done successfully and satisfactorih'. In June, 
1898, after a lapse of thirty-five years, Dr. Bigler and a goodly number of his surviving pupils 
here held a reunion. The pupils present were old and gra\-headed but as in the heydav 
of youth they recited lessons and sang old school songs, — also new ones the teacher had 
written for the occasion — and at noon, while the bell on the old church tolled a requiem, 
the company filed into the adjacent cemetery and in loving remembrance strewed tlowers 
ujjon the graves of some of their schoolmates who had fallen b\- the wayside early and are 
buried there. 

WHITE HALL ACADEMY 

Camp Hill in its time has been an important educational center. Here, from 185 1 to 
1863, was located the White Hall Academy, which in its time enjoyed an enviable reputation 
and widespread popularity. Prof. David Denlinger was its Principal and Proprietor and it 
was familiarly known as Denlinger's Academy. Mr. Denlinger was assisted by a corps of 
able instructors, among whom were numbered Dr. Andrew Dinsmore, D. G. Swartz, Amos 
Row, E. O. Dare, John Mercer and Alexander Blessing. Lemuel Simmons, Hugh Coyle, 
A. P. Tuepser, William A. Loveland and Rev. H. L. Soule, were instructors in vocal and 
instrumental music, while T. Kirk White and A. A. Saner taught plain and ornamental 
penmanship, penmanship then being an art of much more importance than it has been 
since the invention of the typewriter. Drs. R. G. Young, Austin W. Nichols and John D. 
Bowman, and Prof. F. M. L. Gillelen were lecturers on special subjects. The curriculum 
included the customary English branches, the natural sciences, mathematics, mental and 
moral philosophy, the ancient and modern languages and music. Board and lodging were 
provided in the academy building and students attending from a distance enjoyed all the 
conveniences and comforts of a home. 

In the first ten years of its existence the institution had to its credit an enrollment of 
548 students, coming from twenty-six different counties in Pennsylvania and from five different 



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states. The school continued to tlourish until in 1863 when the War of the Rebellion, together 
with the establishment of the system of normal schools that covered the entire state, crippled 
it so effectually that its proprietor was compelled to close it. 

SOLDIERS' ORPHAN SCHOOL 

The State of Pennsylvania having organized a system of sijldiers' orphan schools Professor 
Denlinger in May, 1866, in his academy building opened a school for the children of deceased 
soldiers. The building was unsuitable for a school of this kind, and he, being unwilling 
to enlarge and preferring another sphere of activity, in the fall of 1867 sold the property 
to Frederick Dum and ^lajor J. A. Moore, who took possession of it on the ist of November 
of that }-ear. Under the new management the house was renovated, the stagnant waters 
drained from the cellars, and the dormitories cleaned and put in order. During the summer 
vacation of 1868 new buildings were erected and the accommodations otherwise enlarged 
and improved, bringing about a complete change from the conditions that formerly prevailed. 
With increased accommodations and efhciency the institution gained the confidence of the 
people and the attendance which in its earlier stages was about 150 children increased till 
it was over 250. 

While the school was under the management of Messrs. Dum and Moore, Major Moore 
acted as Principal and Mr. Dum as Steward. In March, 1870, owing to failing health, Fred- 
erick Dum sold his interest to J«hn Dum and Amos Smith. Major Moore continued in 
the capacity of Principal until in March, 1875, when he resigned, having served the institution 
as Principal for a period of seven and-a-half years. Dum and Smith then took in A. B. 
Hench as partner, and it continued under that management for two years when ]\Iajor 
Moore bought the interest of Dum and Hench and re-entered the school again as Principal 
and general manager. A year afterwards Smith sold his interest to H. N. Bowman. The 
firm of Moore and Bowman continued it till in August, 1886, when Major Moore finally 
severed his connection with the institution. Prof. S. B. Heiges was then made Principal, 
and Heiges continued for another three years with gratifying success and then Mr. Heiges 
resigned. In March, 1890, Mr. Bowman, under the Legislative Soldiers' Orphan Commission, 
took sole charge of the school and continued it for nine months more, when the Commission 
permanently closed it. The buildings occupied by this soldiers' orphan school, and the 
academy that preceded it, were not originally erected for school purposes, but merely made 
to serve the purpose temporarily. They were subsequently ]nirchased by D. W. Hollar, 
who re-arranged their interior and is now using them as an agricultural implement store. 
A good representation of their jjresent appearance is presented in a jMcture on facing page. 



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CHURCHES 

The first church in the vicinity of Camp Hill was built on a high bluft" at the Conodo- 
guinet creek, about one mile due north of the town. It is not definitely known when the first 
building at this place was erected, but all authorities agree that it was at a very early date 
and that it was the first church building in the lower end of the county. Wing's History of 
Cumberland County, page 215, contains the following reference to it: 

"The first church built in this end of the county is one mile north of Camp Hill and is 
called the 'Hickory Wood Church.' It was built probably as early as 1765, by the Lutherans, 
and in two departments, the lower story being used for school purposes and the residence of 
the teacher, while the second story was kept exclusively for divine services. The old church 
has been removed and another built known at present as the Poplar Church." 

This article was prepared by a local writer who wrote almost entirel\- from tradition. 
He is probably mistaken in regard to the time upon which he fi.xes. The ]^Ianor oi Louther 
was not formally opened for settlement until after the official survey of 1767, and while there 
were some settlers in it prior to that time they were hardly sufficient in number in 1765 to 
want a church and a school house. 

The historian I. Daniel Ruj)p, in his Biographical Memorial of John Jonas Rupp, page 
44, says: " In 1787 the Lutherans, aided by the Reformed, built a church in Louther ^lanor, 
in a grove of lofty poplar trees, and from that circumstance was called ' The Poplar Grove 
Church,' located in East Pennsboro township." The graveyard at this place is at least as 
old as the church and the tombstone inscriptions may aid in approximating the age of the 
original church building. The oldest inscriptions still legible are the following: Jacob Rupley, 
D. June 5, 1806; Arnold Hefiieman, D. Feb. 28, 1804; Johan Jacob Ruple, D. Jan. 12, 1793; 
Johannes Wormley, D. June 16, 1789. As there are no inscriptions earlier than 1789 in the 
graveyard of this church it is not probable that it was a burying-ground much earlier than 
that date, and certainly not as early as 1765. 

In 1796 Rev. Anthony Hautz, then stationed at Carlisle and Trindle Spring, organized 
a German Reformed congregation in the lower end of the county which in 1898 erected 
a building for church and school jjurposes a short distance north of where Shiremanstown 
now stands. This church they gave the name of Friedens Kirch, or Salem Church. In 1806 
the Lutheran congregation of the Poplar Grove Church agreed to pay this congregation one- 
half the cost of their building and gra\-eyard enclosure for a one-half interest in the property. 
The offer was accepted and thenceforth Friedens Kirch was the principal place of worship 
for both the German Reformed and Lutherans of the lower end of the county. After this 
the Poplar Grove Church was a place of worship onlv in a desultory way; it became neglected 



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and fell into decay and in 1882 was burned down by a fire that was mysterious in its origin. 
Its burving ground, however, continued a place of interment long after the decline of the 
church began, and many of the tombstones that remain bear the names of such old and 
prominent families of the neighborhood as the Erbs, Eysters, Manns, Mays, Moltzes, Oysters. 
Rupleys, Renningers and Wormleys. 

The Church of God of Camp Hill was founded about the year 1830. The Rev. John 
A\'inebrenner had been pastor of the Reformed congregation at Friedens Kirch, but his views 
not harmonizing with the creed of that church he withdrew and sought to form a new church 
organization. A meeting for that purpose was held at John Bowman's tavern, at which were 
present Jacob Keller, William McFadden, William McElroy, David Maxwell, John Bowman, 
George Bowman and others. At this meeting plans were formulated and a congregation 
begun which in a few years grew into a large and influential church body. At first meetings 
were held at the houses of the different leaders of the movement, but later the use of the Walnut 
Grove school house was secured and in it services were regularly held for several years. The 
name Church of God was adopted, but as Rev. Winebrenner was the inspiration and principal 
promoter of the movement it was long known as the Winebrennarian Church. About three 
years after the congregation was established a Sunday School was organized which has con- 
tinued and prospered along with the church ever since. In 1849 ^ piece of ground was pur- 
chased at the edge of a grove in the northeastern part of the town where was erected a sub- 
stantial church building which is still in existence and in good condition. (See illustration 
on page 37.) While dense woods yet covered the hill beyond the church this religious denomi- 
nation annually held in it a camp meeting from which circumstance came the name of Camp 
Hill, which has been the name of the town since 1867 when its post office was first established. 
From 1851, the year in which the White Hall Academy was established, to 1867 the town 
was known b\' the name of White Hall. 

The Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Camp Hill dates from September 13, 1897, 
when, in jjursuance of a resolution passed b\- the Cumberland \'alley Conference of the 
West Pennsylvania Synod, a meeting was held and a temporary organization formed. At 
this meeting Revs. Dr. E. D. Weigle, Dr. H. B. Wile, J. Kistler, H. R. Fleck and Mr. Harry 
Heyd were appointed a committee to take charge of the work. Subsequently the names 
of Rev. T. B. Birch and Mr. Jacob Hurst were added, and the committee thus enlarged 
effected a formal organization on April 24, 1898. From the time of the temporary organization 
services were held once a week in the White Hall Soldiers' Orphan School building. Rev. 
Dr. Weigle serving as pastor in charge. He was assisted at various times by members of 
the conference committee and by Revs. D. M. Gilbert, M. H. Stine, M. P. Hocker, Luther 
DeVoe, C. Rollin Sherck and Fred J. Baum. There were thirtv-six charter members. The 



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Sunday School connected with the church \\as formed soon after the temporary organization 
of the church and has grown with the growth of the church. 

Bv the direction of a congregational meeting held on April 30, 1898, a plot of ground 
was bought preparator}- to building a church edifice; and at a meeting held July 24, 1898, 
the first steps were taken for its erection. Plans and specifications were prepared and adopted 
and ground broken for the new building on March 6, 1899. (See illustration on page 57.) 
The money for the erection of the church was contributed by the communicant membership 
by friends of the congregation in various places and by the Board of Church Extension 
of the general Synod. 

The Methodist E^piscopal Church was built in 1883 by the religious sect known as the 
Christian Church. This denomination worshipped in it for some time, but in 1896 the Metho- 
dists acquired possession and have since been using it as their place of worship. 

WAR TIMES 

The most thrilling episode in the history of Camp Hill is its experience in the Confederate 
invasion of Pennsylvania during the summer of 1863. It was then that it became the high- 
water mark of the Rebellion, which distinction it will retain for many years to come. 

When it became evident that the rebels intended to invade Pennsylvania the authorities 
at Washington organized a Department of the Susquehanna and placed in charge Major 
Gen. Darius M. Couch, with headc[uarters at Harrisburg. Gen. Couch arrived at his post 
of duty on the 12th of June and immediately began to organize an army and fortify against 
the enem\-. About the time Gen. Couch took charge at Harrisburg, Gen. Milroy was being 
hemmed in and hard pressed at Winchester. He held out against tremendous odds until 
Sunday night, June 14th, when he cut his way out and brought with him what ammunition 
and baggage he could safel}' carry. The rebels soon overtook him in his flight and so sorely 
harassed him that his command became divided into two parts, one of which reached the 
Potomac at Hancock and the other at Harper's Ferr\'. Both suffered severely on the w^ay 
but by hard marching and much lighting succeeded in getting away from the enemy and 
across the river. By good management and good luck Milro}-'s wagon train succeeded in 
crossing the river at Williamsport and getting under the jirotection of Capt. W. H. Boyd, 
of the First New York Cavalry. With it were about a thousand government horses mounted 
by teamsters, contrabands and sick soldiers; and, as it came thundering down the valley, 
it i)resented a sight of demoralization and distress that spread fear and consternation all 
along its course. This fleeing train, with its jaded animals and grotesque paraphernalia, 
passed through Camp Hill on Tuesday, June i6th, 1863, and its bedi-aggled, woe-begone 



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appearance gave all who saw it a foretaste of what was to come. Not until it got beyond the 
Susquehanna did it stop to rest and take an account of what it had saved from the enemy. 

When Gen. Couch took charge there were not 250 men organized in the entire department, 
and an armv had to be created for immediate use out of raw material. ()n the 15th of June 
President Lincoln called for 100,000 volunteers for six months' service, and on the same day 
Governor Curtin issued his proclamation for 50,000, Pennsylvania's quota for this call. 
Militia soon came pouring in also from other states. New York sending nineteen regiments 
and a battery, all armed and equipped and ready for field service. To cover the city of Harris- 
burg and the two bridges spanning the river the heights on the Cumberland side were fortified, 
citizens of Harrisburg volunteering to assist in the construction of the fortifications. Others 
were hired and paid and the colored population were not behind their white brethren in giving 
assistance. On Sunday, June 28th, the religious congregations of the city met at their respec- 
tive places of worship, and after short services were dismissed by their pastors with the exhor- 
tation to gird the sword upon the thigh and do battle against the Philistines. Rev. Gans, 
of the German Reformed Church, offered a brief prayer and then led the men of his congre- 
gation to the entrenchments. 

Brigadier General W. F. Smith was placed in command of these defences and under 
his direction work upon them was vigorously pushed. The\' were constructed according 
to the plan and under the supervision of the chief engineer of the department, Capt. J. B. 
Wheeler, who was assisted by Major James Brady of the First Pennsylvania Artillery and 
by Capt. Wilson and other railroad engineers. Three different sets of earthworks w^ere thrown 
up, of which the eastern and principal one was named Fort Washington; the next one to 
the westward Fort Couch (see illustration on page 77), and- the farthest one was left without 
a name. After a lapse of forty-five years these fortifications are still conspicuous and ma\- 
readily be seen from the trains passing up and down the Cumberland Valley Railroad. 
The engine house of the Cumberland Valley railroad, standing a Httle to the west of the 
entrance to the bridge, was also turned into a fortress, its walls being pierced for musketry 
and barricaded with cross ties and sand bags, w'ith embrasures for two guns commanding 
the railroads. The rock cut of the Northern Central railroad under Fort Washington was 
barricaded, and rifle pits were constructed on top of the cut, and also in front of the small 
work on the hill. On Saturday a negro force which had been employed on the earthworks 
of the fort, was set to work at excavating entrenchments on the Baltimore turnpike, three- 
quarters of a mile below Bridgeport. Two regiments of the Fourth Brigade New York 
National Guard, under General Ewen, were posted at that point as early as on the 20th. 

On the 27th these were joined by another New York regiment, the 37th, and the next 
day by the nth New York Artillery doing duty as infantry. On the 29th a section of the 



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light artillery was posted here and a regiment placed on each side of it in trenches to support 
it. Detachments of troops were employed at felling trees standing within range of the guns 
of this outwork, and at excavating entrenchments, a detail of the 37th regiment working the 
entire night of the 2gth. 

No bloody battle happened to be waged over and around these fortifications, but the 
sequel showed that they were precautions well taken, for while they were in process of con- 
struction the enemv was rapidly approaching. The advance under General Jenkins reached 
Chambersburg on the i6th of June, and aimed to intercept Milroy's wagon train but was 
thwarted in that object by the watchfulness of Capt. Boyd. Under the apprehensitMi that 
a strong Union force was advancing Jenkins on the i8th retired to Greencastle, but on the 
2 2d again advanced and occupied Chambersburg. Meanwhile the rebel army was massing 
at Hagerstown, and on Sunday afternoon, June 21st, while waiting there for other corps 
to come up, Gen. Ewell received orders from Gen. R. E. Lee to "take Harrisburg." On 
Saturdav morning the 27th, Gen. Jenkins took possession of Carlisle, Capt. Boyd and Lieut. 
Frank Stanwood, the rear guard of the Union forces, retiring by way of the turnpike. Later 
in the dav a portion of the rebel command passed down the Trindle Road towards Mechan- 
icsburg. While these events were transpiring at Carlisle, Gen. Knipe, who was in the vicinity 
of New Kingston with the 8th and 71st New York regiments, received orders from Gen. 
Couch to fall back so as not to be outtlanked, in obedience of which he retired to Oyster's 
Point. The situation was becc^ming more and more serious and that day at noon General 
Simon Cameron telegraphed from Harrisburg to President Lincoln: "The rebels are now 
at Carlisle, eighteen miles from the capital." 

On Saturday evening about five o'clock Gen. Ewell marched into Carlisle with a force 
variously estimated at from 8,000 to 12,000 men. Before leaving Chambersburg he detached 
from his corps Gen. Pearly, and sent him with a strong force by way of Gettysburg to York 
and thence to Wrightsville on the Susquehanna river. York surrendered on Saturday night 
and early on Sunday morning a rebel cavalry force set to work to burn the bridges on the 
Northern Central railroad between Goldsborough and York, beginning with the two bridges 
near the mouth of the Conewago. News of the destruction of the bridges over the Conewago 
reached Bridgeport early that same day. At 6.15 o'clock Sunday morning John McDonald, 
commanding pickets, telegiaphed from a point two-and-a-half miles east of Carlisle: "They 
[the rebels] say they will be in Harrisburg tomorrow." All this caused deep an.xiety and 
betided a great battle somewhere. In expectation of .such event many families fied from their 
homes, taking with them what movables they could and hiding others that they were com- 
pelled to leave behind. Troops were marching and countermarching in all directions. They 
occupied the public highways to the exclusion of all other travel and encamped wherever 



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they pleased without asking leave of any one. Fields and orchards and woods were crowded 
with them and civilians found it difficult and dangerous to pass from one point to another 
because of them. Fences were broken down, shade and fruit trees felled and many soldiers 
belonging to New York militia regiments entered private dwellings and pillaged them, 
appropriating such articles as they had use for and wantonly destroying articles for which 
they had no use. 

Farmers in the threatened sections were directed to remove their stock, both for the pur- 
pose of preserving it to themselves and to prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy. 
In this self-interest and patriotism co-operated and continuous streams of refugees, with 
horses and cattle, came pouring down the different roads in direction of Harrisburg bridge, 
the heaviest stream by way of the turnpike through Camp Hill. As on Sunday morning a 
belated refugee was coming along the road west of Oyster's Point, he discovered that a body 
of rebels were close upon his heels. He made frantic efforts to get his stock beyond their 
reach but stumbled and fell flat upon his face, and a mounted rebel coming upon him as 
he lav in that inverted position, gave him a severe ba}'onet thrust. The enem\- then took 
the cattle, but mercifully permitted their owner to go on his way to Harrisburg, where a 
physician named Reilly dressed his wound. 

On Sunday morning Gen. Jenkins reached Mechanicsburg, and, after obtaining a formal 
surrender of the town, divided his force, sending one part of it over to Hogestown and thence 
down the turnpike, and the other part down the Trindle Road. Li this way the rebels advanced 
upon Camp Hill, arriving in the vicinity of Oyster's Point early in the afternoon of Sunday, 
the 28th of June. 

Jenkins's force consisted of cavalry with the usual complement of light artillerw When 
it left the Shenandoah Valley it numbered 1,600 men, but on the way was divided up and 
its detachments employed in different directions, so that the part which reached Oyster's 
Point was a comparatively small command. The men composing it, however, were well 
seasoned and well disciplined troops, while behind them, as near as Carlisle, was an army 
of 12,000 veterans which was under express orders from General Lee to "take Harrisburg." 

The news from all directions was of the most alarming character. York was in possession 
of the rebels and the Union troops at that point were falling back on Wrightsville. General 
Early — as was feared at the time and subsec{uently verified — was aiming to get possession 
of the bridge at Wrightsville, and by it get over to the east side of the Susqeuhanna and 
cut the Pennsylvania railroad. That done he intended to proceed to Lancaster city, lay 
it under contribution and then march back upon Harrisburg and attack that cit\' from the 
rear while Ewell attacked it in front; relying in the worst contingency upon being able to 
mount his divisions from the immense number of horses that had been run across the river, 
and then move rapidl\- westward and destro}- the railroads and canals. 



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About the same hour that Gen. Jenkins's force appeared in front of Oyster's Point 
the 26th Pennsylvania Emergency regiment arrived at Fort Washington from Gettysburg, 
where in a skirmish with the rebels it had 176 of its men captured. Hon. Samuel W. Penny- 
packer, a member of this regiment, says that from the time it left Gettysburg early on Fridav 
morning until dusk on Sunday evening, they had been without food, and for two days longer 
were without tents, through the nights lying upon the bank in the fort exposed to the rain. 
Opposed to this formidable army of the enemy was an army of raw undisciplined troops, 
by this time numbering 16,000 men. They were patriotic and zealous but lacked organization, 
ecjuipment and the experience that makes good soldiers. Under such circumstances not 
much was expected of them, as appears from a dispatch Gen. Couch sent to Secretary Stan- 
ton: — "Five thousand regulars will whip them all to pieces in an open field." Also from a 
dispatch General Cameron sent to President Lincoln: — "Within the next forty-eight hours 
Lee will cross the Susquehanna, unless General Meade strikes his columns tomorrow [June 
30] and compels him to concentrate his forces west of the Susquehanna for a general battle." 

All the troops and artillery about and within reach of Harrisburg were rushed to the 
west side of the river and placed wherever it was thought they could most effectually impede 
the progress of the rebels. The " Gray Reserves," a regiment recruited in Philadelphia, 
had been lying in Harrisburg for some time undecided whether to enter the service or return 
to their homes. However, when on Sunday evening the extremity came they waived their 
scruples regarding technicalities, and, marching across the river, were placed in position 
on the West Fairview road. Plans were also secretly laid to thwart the enemy. While the 
reserves were being marched to the front, Gen. Couch, in confidence, directed Capt. Wilson 
to have sufficient combustible material — turpentine, tar, shavings, etc. — taken over to the 
west end of the public bridge and so placed that the bridge, if necessary, could be burned 
at a moment's notice. Some ten days before the railroad bridge had been weakened near 
its western end, preparatory to dropping a part of it into the river on short notice. On Sunday 
evening Gen. Smith had about concluded that the time to make the proposed drop had arrived 
and telegraphed to Gen. Couch: — "It is reported to me that the rebels are moving to their 
right, w^hich would bring their attack here near the bridges. Some men ought to be stationed 
at the railroad bridge where it is cut." At ten o'clock that night a great light illuminated 
the sky to the southward; it was the burning of the bridge across the river at Columbia, 
28 miles below Harrisburg. 

Jenkins's command had with it two field pieces, which were advanced to the junction 
of the Trindle Road and the turnpike, at the eastern end of the Oyster's Point hotel propert}-, 
now owned by Clarence Hempt. (See page 97.) As this is the farthest point any organized 
body of the enemy reached in the Cumberland \^alley it is very properly called the high- 



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water mark of the Rebellion. The enemy did no firing from here. After reconnoitering a 
short time they withdrew up the turnpike to the farm then occupied by Samuel Eppley, 
now by Abraham N. Voglesong. Here, on a gentle rise in front of the farm buildings, they 
unlimbered and opened fire, aiming, generally, in direction of Camp Hill. A little to the south 
of the turnpike gate-house there was then a wood into which the\- dropped some shells under 
the supposition that Union troops were lying there. On the north side of the turnpike, a 
short distance west of where it is crossed by the Oyster's Point road, then stood the buildings 
of the late Thomas Eyster, and into these several shells were fired for the purpose of driving 
out sharp shooters that the rebels had reason to believe were lurking there. Thomas E. 
Vale, Pvsq., grandson of Thomas Eyster, recalls having seen a hole in the side of the grand- 
father's house through which a shell had passed. He also recalls seeing an unexploded 
shell in his grandfather's garret, which was preserved as a relic for many years after it had 
been sent from hostile gun on its mission of death and destruction. Martin Brinton, one of 
the oldest citizens of Camp Hill, remembers that a locust tree standing in front of Thomas 
Eyster's residence was cut through by a rebel shell. William H. Eppley, a son of the Samuel 
Eppley who lived upon the farm upon which the rebel battery was posted, then was a lad 
of thirteen and vividly remembers the events that passed under his observation at the time. 
On the day before the skirmish the Eppley family sought safety in flight, going by way of 
the turnpike where they could and through the adjoining fields where the turnpike was 
obstructed by the presence of troops and by trees that had been felled. They went as far 
as Hummelstown and tarried there until the danger had passed. On returning to their home 
they were surpirsed to learn that the ground within a stone's-throw of their doors had been 
used by the enemy as a vantage point from which to do battle. A little ways south of the 
Eppley homestead on the Trindle Road there lived a neighbor who saw a shell drop into 
an adjacent wheat field. He related the circumstance in hearing of young Eppley and the 
boy went and got it. It was unexploded, but older and steadier hands than his uncapped 
it and emptied it of its explosive contents, and for several years that shell did duty as a relic 
about the Eppley premises. 

The booming of rebel guns at the very gates of the capital city of Pennsylvania, was 
an event of supreme importance in the history of the countr\' and the exact locality 
from which it took place should be appropriately marked for the instruction of 
future generations. While it was known to be only a skirmish it was premonitory of a 
battle which decided whether the nation should live, and the commanding general nervously 
telegraphed to Washington:" — By night the rebels will have possession up to my defenses 
on the river. . . . Their advance has just opened artillery 4 miles from my defenses." 
Which led President Lincoln to promptly inquire: "What news now? What are the enemy 



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firing at 4 miles from your works?" The next morning General Cameron sent the President 
a long dispatch from which a passage has already been quoted. 

The rebels continued in the vicinity of Oyster's Point up until Monda}' night, and during 
their stay Gen. Jenkins occupied the stone mansion house of the Hon. John Rupp on the 
Trindle Road, Rupp and his family having fled from their home to Lancaster. The firing 
of a few shells on Sunday afternoon was the only demonstration the enemy made, and beyond 
some musketry firing no reply was made by the Union troops. On Monday, the 29th, the rebel 
officers made a thorough reconnoisance of the Union defences, "with the view" — as Gen. 
Rhodes states in his official report — "of advancing upon Harrisburg, a step which every man 
in the division contemplated with eagerness and which was to have been executed on the 30th." 

But the advance upon Harrisburg so eagerly contemplated by the rebels was not made. 
On the night of the 28th, at Chambersburg, General Lee became convinced that it was neces- 
sary for him to concentrate his army somewhere to the south of the South Mountain. Accord- 
ingly couriers were sent to the officers commanding the advanced detachments with orders 
for them to retire and join the main body of the army in the vicinity of Gettysburg. The effect 
of this change of plan was immediately visible in the conduct of the rebel troops at different 
points, but all day on Monday the force in the vicinity of Oyster's Point maintained its ground. 
On Monday afternoon Lieut. Stanwood, with a body of regular cavalry, drove in its pickets 
but was compelled to retire under the fire of its artillery. That night, however, it became 
evident that the enemy were on the eve of falling back and the next morning the Union troops 
prepared to follow them. At noon of that day — June 30th — Gen. Couch was telegraphed 
from Washington: "Every possible effort should be made to hold the enemy in check on the 
Susquehanna till Meade can give him Battle." In obedience to these instructions Gen. 
Smith made an advance up the turnpike with a body of troops consisting of Lieut. Stanwood's 
cavalry; the 22d and 37th regiments New York militia under Gen. Ewen, and two guns 
of Landis' Philadelphia battery. Gen. Smith and staff accompanied the advance for a distance 
of three miles and not overtaking the enemy took leave to return to headquarters, directing 
Gen. Ewen to return to camp with the command. Ewen had hardly turned about when 
Stanwood's dragoons overtook him, being chased by the rebels. Ewen then turned about 
again, and, with Stanwood's cavalry for an advance guard, went in pursuit of the enemy, 
at the same time dispatching an aide to headquarters with the intelligence of his information 
and movement. A short distance beyond Sporting Hill the rebels lay concealed in a wood on 
the right of the road from which they fired a volley of musketry at Ewen's command as it 
approached. The 37th regiment returned the fire, and then advanced about thirty yards 
into a wheat field where it lay concealed from the observation and fire of the enemy. The 
2 2d regiment was held in reserve. The rebels now ceased firing with small arms and began 
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without effect. Landis' batteiy coming up one gun was posted on the turnpike and the other 
in the rear of a dwelhng to the right of the turnpike. After a few rounds the enemv Hmbered 
up their guns and tied, but were not pursued. 

While this skirmish was in progress on the turnpike there were several discharges of 
artillery on the Trindle Road a short distance to the southward, demonstrating the presence 
of a body of the enem}- in that locality. Expecting an attack from that direction Ewen hastily 
changed the 2 2d regiment from front to rear to be in readiness, but no attack came. On 
the retreat of the force in front the firing on the Trindle Road ceased, it probably being 
only intended as an intimidation for the LTnion forces, or a signal for the rebel force on the 
turnpike to retire. In this affair four men of the 37th regiment were slightly wounded. It was 
not learned what the enem\'s casualties were, but some citizens coming through from Carlisle 
the next day — Jul\- ist — reported that the party of rebels which had participated in this skir- 
mish passed rapidl\- through Carlisle at daylight that morning, carrying with them a number 
of killed and wounded in ambulances. 

Not hearing an\- sound from the enemy for an hour Gen. Ewen marched back to Oyster's 
Point, where he arrived with his command after nightfall and was met with orders to follow up 
the enemy. Capt. Boyd of the First New York Cavalr}-, with 1 20 men this same day advanced 
by way of the Trindle Road, deflecting beyond Mechanicsburg to the left towards Churchtown. 
He stopped all night at Churchtown and the next morning — July ist — entered Carlisle. 

The pall of anxiety which had enveloped and weighed down the people of Camp Hill 
and vicinity was now beginning to lift. News of a great battle having been fought and a Union 
^•ictory achieved gi-adualh' filtered through the mass of demoralization the great invasion 
had caused, order was again restored and joy smiled where great fear was. It was a happy 
deliverance. The bloody conflict which had been scheduled for the banks of the Susquehanna 
had been fought at Gettysburg. 

Camp Hill was incorporated as a borough in 1885. It then included considerable territory 
but comparatively little population. Since its incorporation population has grown rapidly 
and spread until it was found necessary to extend its corporate bounds and provide man}' 
new streets and a general system of granolithic pavements. Its rapid growth attracted enter- 
prise and home-seekers, and the electric railway, projected from Harrisburg to Mechanicsburg, 
in igoi changed its course so as to pass up the turnpike and through this rising new town. 
In the month of September of that year the trolley cars first appeared upon the main street 
of Camp Hill and after that one nickel and fifteen minutes' time carried the traveler from 
anywhere in the borough to the Market Square in the city of Harrisburg. This stimulated 
progress still more and in the spring of 1903 there came to it a building boom which has 
continued ever since with little fluctuatipn and no abatement, and to-day the town is not 
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